French electric aircraft manufacturer Beyond Aero announced it has made a "significant step toward certificate and commercialization." The firm revealed its BYA-1 aircraft in 2023. It introduced it as ...

Jet engine manufacturing is plagued by production delays, quality control issues and material shortages, the U.S. Air Force said.

Wright Electric has completed a test stand designed to enable the startup’s WM2500 2-megawatt-class electric propulsion system to be tested driving the fan module from a Honeywell LF507-1F geared ...

GE Aerospace, now a top provider of jet engines, is investing to remain dominant in the future. Investors look pleased. Thursday, the company announced a partnership and $300 million investment in ...

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

In Rolls-Royce’s vision of aviation’s future, the entire market will shift to electric power for propulsion in ways that will disrupt business models and even the design of gas turbine engines. Says ...

You know how everyone's talking about going green these days? Well, French startup company Beyond Aero is taking that idea to new heights, literally. They've been working on this cool hydrogen-powered ...

Astro Mechanica’s ground demonstrator, based on a GE CT7 turboshaft, drives a generator powering two propulsors. Credit: Astro Mechanica U.S. startup Astro Mechanica plans to take its hybrid-electric ...

Wright has now “completed construction of a dedicated thrust test stand for electric jet engine performance analysis”, the company said on 5 May. The stand “is being installed” at Wright’s laboratory ...