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New 3D-printed jet engine hits 1,000 lbf thrust for uncrewed combat drones
Colorado-based firm Beehive Industries has unveiled a 3D-printed turbofan engine for uncrewed combat aircraft.
The GTF Advantage engine was developed to achieve 1.0% lower fuel burn and 4-8% higher thrust at takeoff than the current model PW1100G engine. Full compatibility with sustainable aviation fuel was ...
A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than ...
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 ...
Rolls-Royce initiated the UltraFan program more than 10 years ago, and the demonstrator engine is assembled and undergoing testing in Derby, England, at full power and running on Sustainable Aviation ...
Chinese fighter jet mid-flight before airshow - Alert5/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 The roots of the jet engine can be traced back to before World War II, and they generally still work on the same ...
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