GE Aerospace is building the world's largest jet engine for Boeing's new 777X, and it's using a giant 747 to test it. We ...

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

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With their capability to fly higher, farther, and more efficiently, jet engines have transformed air travel since their introduction. From its origins in the 1930s, the jet engine was a substantial ...

Lightning can hit a jet with 200,000 amps, yet engines keep running. Here's how modern airliners survive one of nature's ...

Rolls-Royce broke ground Monday on a new $50 million jet engine test facility at the company’s outdoor testing site on the grounds of NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center. When fully operational, the ...

A running Boeing T50 turbine jet engine, complete with control setup and a 24-volt starter battery, is listed on eBay for ...

In 1942 the Gloster E28/39 took off from the Oxfordshire airfield, known then as RAF Edgehill An Oxfordshire airfield is celebrating 70 years since the first turbo jet engine test flight took off from ...