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 ...

Derived from an iconic airframe, the 747SP redefined long-haul travel.

Activity is burgeoning in a long-neglected portion of the turbofan engine sector with the rise of a new category of jet-powered, autonomous warplanes. In the past month, the U.S.' ...

A look at the unique design choices made for the MD-11 and earlier DC-10 trijets, and how this influenced the DC-10's success ...

A year ago, Herakles (Safran) achieved a world first in commercial aircraft design when it developed an engine fitted with an exit cone made from ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), new variants of ...

MTU, to help bring about that change and to establish itself more fully as a drone propulsion provider, this year acquired AeroDesignWorks. The company brings with it a heritage of rapid design as ...

Pratt & Whitney shared a new video about the XA103 engine, which includes a computer-generated rendition of an F-47-inspired design. However, it is exactly that: nothing more than a notional aircraft.

You see a plane, you expect to hear an engine. But gliders are a different breed of aircraft, representing flight in its purest form. They are frankly a testament to just how far clever engineering ...

The Air Force’s program to replace the B-52H Stratofortress’s 1960s-era engines cleared its critical design review, the service announced May 4.

Some of the world's most fascinating engineering designs didn't come from corporate design rooms with inspiration boards and cute espresso machines. Many came from impromptu sparks of genius, such as ...

Airbus believes it will be able to offer a choice of engine suppliers on its Next Generation Single Aisle, even if it opts for open-fan powerplants on the new narrowbody. Among the propulsion ...