A 1,200-kilowatt-class turboprop engine developed in China has successfully completed its ignition test conducted ...

China has pushed a new piece of aviation hardware through one of the harshest trials in the business, proving that its first ...

Russian research efforts to create a new supersonic civil aircraft demonstrator have edged forward with completion of a phase ...

The compact, liquid-fuelled ramjet engine uses a novel combustion technology called rotating detonation that offers ...

The reliability of propulsion systems in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is critical, as the engines are among the most ...

U.S. startup Astro Mechanica plans to take its hybrid-electric supersonic engine into high-altitude and high-speed ground testing this year as it moves toward flying the unique powerplant in 2027 in a ...

GE and Lockheed ground tested a new air-breathing hypersonic jet engine capable of powering missiles to speeds well in excess ...

Current production engines can offer up to 20% increased thrust for unmanned applications EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (RTX) (NYSE: RTX) business, has ...

Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...

There will soon come a time when NASA will prove that supersonic aircraft flight is possible over populated areas without disturbing people and perhaps even shattering windows. Such a reality will be ...

The new upgrade package—on top of an existing $2.6 billion contract with UK engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce—will keep the ...

A turbofan engine, on the other hand, is designed to move huge amounts of air to propel an aircraft forward. At lower subsonic speeds, it does this quite well. Faster than that, aerodynamic drag ...