China's Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) has announced that it has test-fired its new 1,322-pound (600-kilogram) thrust turbofan engine for the first time. The announcement was made on WeChat ...

Jet engines are built to terrifyingly tight tolerances, yet the latest simulations on the world’s first exascale supercomputer suggest their biggest weakness may be measured in micrometers.

Kratos Turbine Technologies and the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) have conducted ground tests of a low-cost turbofan engine architecture which the company claims will advance “affordable ...

A hybrid-electric jet engine may seem as absurd as a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but GE Aerospace is ground testing a new megawatt-class hybrid turbofan engine and its full powertrain that is powerful ...

A Sukhoi Su-57 fighter completed a first flight powered by a 35,000-lb.-thrust Izdeliye 177 engine this month, beginning the flight test phase of a turbofan designed for powering export models and ...

There are a lot of different aircraft, and they all use a variety of engines from different engine manufacturers. Two of the more commonly used engines are turbofan and turbojet engines. They have a ...

GE Aerospace is developing a hybrid electric demonstrator engine with NASA that will embed electric motor/generators in a high-bypass commercial turbofan to supplement power during different phases of ...