Jet engines
Supersonic jet startup Boom’s future is in doubt after every major jet-engine maker refuses to help
Boom Supersonic may be forced to make its own engine for its ultra-fast Overture jet
Kale successfully tests turbojet engines
Turkey's Kale Group has successfully tested the country's first domestically developed turbojet engine, KTJ-3200, at facilities located in Istanbul's Tuzla district.
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Rolls-Royce preparing to cut thousands of jobs
Britain's Rolls-Royce said a costly compressor problem that had grounded Boeing planes had now been found in a different type of engine, compounding pressures on a group that is due to cut more than 4,000 jobs this week.
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Turkish student invents 'green' turbojet motor that can run on six fuels
A high school student in the central Anatolian city of Eskişehir has invented a gas-turbine turbojet motor that can run on six different fuels.
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.
Russia creates ‘unstoppable’ hypersonic Zircon missile with Navy destroying 4,600mph speed
Russia claims to have created a devastating hypersonic missile that travels five times faster than the speed of sound and could rip through navy warship defences because it’s too fast to stop.
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.
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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.
Turkey to select foreign engine for local fighter
Turkey has requested bids from global motor companies GE, Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney to present bids to power Turkeyâs future fighter jet.
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