NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft is preparing for its second flight, a step that will set the pace for more flight testing in 2026.

Rolls-Royce and the U.S. Air Force validated the F130's ability to meet performance requirements for the B-52 missions, getting closer to flight testing. Engine maker Rolls-Royce announced on Feb. 24, ...

How the YF-12 set Mach 3 records and powered NASA research that shaped the SR-71 and future supersonic aircraft.

The high-speed uncrewed test aircraft performed its first flight at Edwards AFB, just a year after the launch of the development. Hermeus, a U.S. company aiming to develop hypersonic aircraft quickly ...

Work on a Safran Aircraft Engines-led project that will culminate in flight tests of an open-fan engine aboard an Airbus A380 in 2029 has officially kicked off.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Offering an insider’s view of the business of flight. A Boeing 777X flight test aircraft is parked at a gate at the Everett ...

Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...

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 ...

United Aircraft has carried out water-ingestion tests on its initial import-substituted Yakovlev SJ-100, equipped with Aviadvigatel PD-8 powerplants. The aircraft, number 97023, carried out the runway ...

In 1999, Boeing and GE Aerospace made a landmark deal that would exclusively see the Boeing 777-300ER powered by the GE90 engine. GE secured this historic partnership agreement through a combination ...

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 ...

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