Jet engines

Plasma jet engines that could take you from the ground to space

Forget fuel-powered jet engines. We’re on the verge of having aircraft that can fly from the ground up to the edge of space using air and electricity alone.

Traditional jet engines create thrust by mixing compressed air with fuel and igniting it. The burning mixture expands rapidly and is blasted out of the back of the engine, pushing it forwards.

Fly from US to Europe in just 11 minutes

Canadian engineer Charles Bombadier presented another radical, much faster design for future air travel. He unveiled his latest concept jet, ‘Antipode’, which is capable of reaching Mach 24.

The new craft can carry 10 people up to 12,430 miles in less than an hour allowing it to travel from London to New York in just 11 minutes.

Experimental US hypersonic weapon destroyed seconds after launch

A hypersonic weapon being developed by the U.S. military was destroyed four seconds after its launch from a test range in Alaska early on Aug. 25 after controllers detected a problem with the system, the Pentagon said.
   
The weapon is part of a program to create a missile that will destroy targets anywhere on Earth within an hour of getting data and permission to launch.