A new NASA-funded study has revealed for the first time that the airflow in supersonic combusting jet engines can be controlled by an optical sensor. The finding can lead to more efficient ...

Aircraft engines offer some impressive capabilities.

FADEC systems monitor engine parameters to make discrete adjustments to the control system and optimize engine performance. Credit: Collins Aerospace As the digital world keeps pushing the electronics ...

It is easy to admire an aircraft in flight, gliding across the sky, but far harder to imagine the furnace within—jet engines, ...

The race to field reusable hypersonic aircraft got a whole lot hotter last month, with GE Aerospace announcing a breakthrough in high-speed jet engine design that could potentially allow conventional ...