Abstract: The aviation industry is undergoing significant improvements in aircraft efficiency, driven by technological innovation and evolving performance demands. In this lecture, we will explore the ...

The decision by both Boeing and McDonnell Douglas to rely on this engine was not coincidental but rather a result of performance characteristics and commonality. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 occupies a ...

Aviation safety has greatly improved in the past several years, largely thanks to advancements in aircraft engine technology. Engines on today's commercial jets are more reliable, safe, and efficient ...

DeltaHawk is an aircraft engine manufacturer based out of Racine, Wisconsin. It doesn't have the name recognition as other aerospace contractors like General Electric or Pratt & Whitney, which changed ...

Rybinsk Motors and Moscow-based Lulka-Saturn Design Bureau have agreed to merge their operations to create the largest integrated aircraft engine design and manufacturing facility in Russia. The new ...

GE Aerospace in 2025 plans to use two of the world’s fastest computers, both at US-government-funded research facilities, to study how its open-fan engine concept will integrate with an aircraft’s ...

The C-17's four powerful and reliable engines make it one of the most important aircraft in the Air Force.

One hundred years ago this July, an upstart operation in Hartford, Connecticut, began work on a pioneering aircraft engine design that would become the Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp. Completed on ...

Singapore will host the world’s first airport testbed for next-generation open-fan aircraft engines. The memorandum of understanding was signed at the Changi Aviation Summit, held on the eve of the ...

The first commuter aircraft, powered by super-efficient hybrid-electric propulsion systems, could be taking their first paying passengers sometime in 2027. Part 3 provides an engineer’s-eye ...

If you've ever stood near a runway and watched planes take to the skies, you've probably also been awestruck by the sheer size of the engines that make it all possible. On large commercial planes, ...