5 hidden features of aircraft engines

Aircraft engines offer some impressive capabilities.
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B-52J Commercial Engine Replacement Program Passes Critical Design Review

The Critical Design Review of the CERP program paves the way for the modification of two B-52 bombers with the new engines, ...
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The F-35C’s engine exhaust hits 3,600°F — the USS Gerald R Ford’s aircraft carrier flight deck wasn’t built to handle it

The USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier just wrapped up a near-record deployment from Venezuela to the Middle East—and now needs ...
Avionics International

Connected Aircraft Ecosystems: Data Is the New Engine Driving Lease Rates Higher

In today’s aviation market, aircraft are no longer just flying machines, they are data platforms in motion. The rise of ...
The Aviationist

Boeing Awarded $2 Billion Contract to Continue Work on B-52’s New Engines

The new contract covers the Post-Critical Design Review phase of the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program, which will replace the TF33 engines with the new F130s. The U.S. Department of War ...
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Improving the Efficiency of Engines for Large Nonfighter Aircraft

The committee has looked at a number of potential engine modifications as well as concepts for re-engining of current aircraft. In general, at 2006 fuel prices, it was difficult to recommend any ...
Aviation Week

Boom Advances Supersonic Engine Development Plan

FARNBOROUGH—Boom Supersonic is accelerating development of the Symphony engine for its Mach 1.7 Overture airliner and has expanded its partnership with Standard Aero to include production of the ...
Jalopnik

Subaru Boxer Engines Keep Showing Up In Small Airplanes: Here's Why

Automotive engines in small, single-prop aircraft aren't anything new. Aviation enthusiast and small aircraft owners have been swapping LS V8s into planes for years. Some of them are DIY projects, ...
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Safran’s new open-fan aircraft engine moves closer to real flight testing by 2029

Franco-American aerospace company CFM—a joint venture between Safran Aircraft Engines and GE Aerospace—has moved ...
UPI

NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft

Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...
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Turkey unveils 42,000-pound-thrust jet engine that delivers almost F-35 like power

Turkey has unveiled a new aircraft engine that delivers high thrust, similar to engines ...