Long-term pressure gain remains the goal, but compact combustion is accelerating near-term adoption of the technology for high-speed propulsion systems.
Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are vying for the NGAD program while the three military services are teaming on uncrewed aircraft development.
Two U.S. aerospace industry teams have been awarded NASA contracts to study technology for sustainable high-speed airliner designs capable of Mach 2-plus.
Startup Transcend Air has redesigned its turbine-powered tiltwing VTOL aircraft and is working to raise the funds required to build a proof-of-concept vehicle.
A new U.S. effort to prove technology for reusable hypersonic flight is inching forward as government scientists seek information on industry-funded projects.
Rather than proceeding with a new F-35 engine, the service is using remaining Adaptive Engine Transition Program funds for sixth-generation development.
CFM opens up on RISE testing while Pratt & Whitney explores a sustainable GTF growth path through an MTU-led Clean Aviation Switch research initiative.
A joint statement hailed the agreement as a “trailblazing initiative that would “enable greater transfer of U.S. jet engine technology than ever before.”
GE Aerospace says the first T901 flight test engine for the U.S. Army's FARA contest will be delivered to competitors Bell and Sikorsky in the next few months.
For the first time details have been shared of the widespread use of supercomputing in the design, development and testing of CFM's next-generation RISE engine.
Speaking on the eve of the Paris Air Show, a GE executive says the solution is an add-on retrofittable external device called the reverse bleed system.
By Jens Flottau, Lori Ranson, Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield
The airline industry lost close to $180 billion in the pandemic. Now that profits are returning on strong demand, carriers aim to secure long-term capacity.
