Jet engines are relatively simple in their basic design, but advancements in gas turbine engine technology have mostly done away with the cool-looking bucket-type reverse thrust systems. These thrust ...

AVRIEUX, France, Jan 19 (Reuters) - French engine maker Safran (SAF.PA), opens new tab said on Friday it had begun wind-tunnel tests for its "RISE" technology project, a radical jet engine design for ...

UW mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate Stephan Brinckmann, from Clinton, N.J., and first-year graduate student Jackson Rambough, of Kingston, Wash., display a computer model and prototype of the ...

For years, the defense and military communities have been faced with increasing pressure to incorporate advanced Prognostic Health Management (PHM) solutions into high-value turbine jet engines.

A hyped new vehicle features multiple blades and wings and has a face that resembles a Transformer that didn’t quite complete its metamorphosis. It’s even got a jet engine in the back, giving the ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md.-- A team of U.S. Army and academic researchers developed a novel design to automatically adjust aircraft engine rotor blade positions while already in-flight, a tactic ...

US Army researchers believe they have found a novel way to articulate the position of turbine blades in the hot section of jet engines. They say the innovation could significantly improve the ...

With their capability to fly higher, farther, and more efficiently, jet engines have transformed air travel since their introduction. From its origins in the 1930s, the jet engine was a substantial ...

A fun YouTube video shows a foamcore F-18 built to house an actual jet turbine. The versatile F/A-18 has decades of military history, though this is likely the first one with a tin-foil heat shield.