Inventing the Jet Engine Came With a Few Disasters. The invention of the jet engine was the crowning achievement of engineer Frank Whittle. But the path to glory was littered with countless ...

Export controls—a major concern for industries worldwide—are moving to the top of the agenda of trade talks between the U.S. and China on Monday.

The aircraft offers some impressive capabilities. Even the smallest regional jet is an unbelievably powerful machine. Jet engines are among some of the most powerful and incredibly capable machines ...

Basically, it runs separately from the ICE and delivers air to it at a constant pressure independent of the main engine speed. Ergo, zero lag, and an overall power output of 600bhp (give or take).

New tariffs on imported commercial aircraft, jet engines and parts could put air safety and the supply chain at risk or trigger other unintended consequences, groups representing global aerospace ...

The origins of Reaction Engines go back to the Hotol project in the 1980s. This was a futuristic space plane that caught the public imagination with the prospect of a British aircraft flying ...

The Caproni Campini N.1 was Italy’s attempt to claim the jet age before jet engines were practical. Built in the 1930s, this bizarre aircraft used a piston-driven compressor to simulate jet ...

On May 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated a new investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) on imports of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and ...

What makes a fighter jet ‘sixth generation’ and why it matters. Sixth-generation fighters will act as flying command centers, gathering data from satellites, drones, and ground troops, then ...

The General Electric J85 jet engine on wheels and wrapped in metal conducted a series of ground tests at the same base at the end of last year, meant to validate its systems, and it took off last ...

Plant's comments come a day after Boeing expressed optimism about increasing the production of the best-selling 737 MAX jets to 42 a month. The move could benefit players such as Howmet, one of ...