India has been working on an indigenous jet engine for fighter aircraft since 1982. Four decades of effort and significant ...

A hybrid-electric jet engine may seem as absurd as a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but GE Aerospace is ground testing a new megawatt-class hybrid turbofan engine and its full powertrain that is powerful ...

GE and Lockheed ground tested a new air-breathing hypersonic jet engine capable of powering missiles to speeds well in excess of Mach 5 in a smaller, cheaper, lighter, and more efficient package than ...

Rolls-Royce is developing a hybrid jet engine designed to reduce flight emissions by roughly 30%, a target that places the British manufacturer squarely in a high-stakes race among engine makers to ...

GE Aerospace and Kratos have concluded high-altitude testing of a small jet engine intended to power uncrewed fighter aircraft. The pair, which announced their intent to jointly develop the GEK800 ...

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 ...

Five years ago, in 2021, American space agency NASA announced it is working on yet another project that doesn’t involve, well, space: the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). Since then, NASA’s ...