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 ...

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 closer look at modern Rolls-Royce & Pratt & Whitney jetliner engines.

Pratt & Whitney reported the F135 Engine Core Upgrade is on schedule and “exceeding expectations,” having completed its preliminary design review. That review teamed the engine developer and ...

Despite a popular focus on stealth – and to a lesser extent, data fusion – in today’s fighters, America’s turbofan advantage is just as valuable in setting American fighters apart through a ...

The 15,000 lbf-class turbofan engine to be developed by South Korea could potentially lead to a domestic powerplant for the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) T-50/FA-50 trainer/light fighter and ...

DUBAI—Powertech recently completed the preliminary design of a 1,200 lb.-thrust (550 kg-thrust) turbofan engine less than a year after parent company Edge Group launched the in-house aviation ...