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From an open-fan design to carbon-fibre composite fan blades, this company is reimagining jet engines. CFM International is a ...

Thirty years ago, GE Aerospace transformed commercial aviation with a material swap that most ...

Safran Aircraft Engines is ramping up system-level testing for a future open-fan engine as it builds towards full-scale ...

In comparing the GE9X and Trent XWB, it becomes clear that while both engines share common goals of efficiency, reliability, ...

The Rolls-Royce UltraFan could be the powerplant of choice for next-generation aircraft.

India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is planning a major test facility for developing indigenous jet ...

RTX in recent years filed patent applications for technologies related to open-rotor engines, though the company insists it remains committed to developing an updated geared turbofan (GTF) for ...

Rolls-Royce initiated the UltraFan program more than 10 years ago, and the demonstrator engine is assembled and undergoing testing in Derby, England, at full power and running on Sustainable Aviation ...

close-up of jet engine nacelle with a strake on the side - Dinujaya/Shutterstock There are many components that go into a jet engine, from combustors to compressors to those gigantic fans that are a ...

Aerial firefighting helicopters ingest significant volumes of airborne particles, and operators are advised to conduct periodic “compressor washes” to remove the contaminants from the compressor.

Engine chevrons have become a defining feature of modern aircraft, but do they really pose a problem for performance?