The aviation world is buzzing with excitement over a breakthrough technology that could change how we fly. Enter wave engines—jet engines that don’t rely on spinning blades or turbines. Instead, they ...
While the World War II era was the first time we saw fighter jet engines take to the sky, there were some earlier operational prototypes. Anselm Franz, an Austrian engineer, designed and fitted one of ...
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 ...
Historically, the thrust-to-weight ratio concept has served as a benchmark for the evolution of fighter jets. An aircraft’s thrust-to-weight ratio is a statistic that is often thrown around, but one ...
It's not every day that we get to talk at length about the achievements of a particular jet engine. Sure, we do mention them from time to time when discussing the aircraft they power, but that's about ...
US engine maker Pratt & Whitney is launching a new line of small turbofans to power the burgeoning category of uncrewed tactical jets known as Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs). P&W revealed the ...