Australian and Japanese researchers have successfully tested a jet engine that could one day revolutionize air and space travel. For the second time in a week, a supersonic-combustion ramjet, called a ...

While the World War II era was the first time we saw fighter jet engines take to the sky, there were some earlier operational prototypes. Anselm Franz, an Austrian engineer, designed and fitted one of ...

Fighter jet engines are complex machines that enable aircraft to reach incredible speeds. The modern fighter jet is defined by its engine, which accelerates a tremendous volume of air rearward that it ...

There are many components that go into a jet engine, from combustors to compressors to those gigantic fans that are a staple of engine design. Many of these things are also found in the engines of ...

Commercial aircraft use larger engines mounted beneath the wings, but private jets still use rear mounted engines. Here's why ...