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 ...
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 ...
The F135 turbofan engine from Pratt & Whitney powers every variant of the F-35 Lightning II (making it one of the 8 fighter jets with Pratt & Whitney engines powering them) and is the most advanced ...
The Korea AeroSpace Administration will launch development of dual-use civil-military aircraft engines and a hybrid ...
A turbofan engine, on the other hand, is designed to move huge amounts of air to propel an aircraft forward. At lower subsonic speeds, it does this quite well. Faster than that, aerodynamic drag ...
Ice crystal accretion and icing in turbofan engines present a significant challenge to aviation safety and engine performance worldwide. The phenomenon occurs when high-altitude glaciated particles, ...
Employees of the Mirabel Flight Test Center, in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada inspect the PurePower Geared Turbofan PW1900G engine as it runs in preparation for its inaugural flight on Pratt & Whitney's ...
Why the engines had to go The TF33-PW-103 is a product of late-1950s turbofan technology. It was already mature when the last B-52H rolled off the assembly line in 1962. Over six decades of service, ...