What has zero moving parts, yet can blast an aerial vehicle to velocities beyond Mach 5? The answer is the recently flight-tested Atmospheric Test of Launched Airbreathing System (ATLAS) powered by a ...

Deep inside the world’s most advanced factories, engineers assemble the heart of modern air power — the most powerful fighter jet engine ever created. Every blade, bolt, and turbine is crafted to ...

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Bob Maddox’s stage name, Crazy Rocketman, is a misnomer. Maddox doesn’t build rockets. He builds pulse-jet engines. There’s a difference. As for the crazy part—that may be true. Maddox is the world’s ...

BIG RAPIDS, Mich — For some, their dream is to fly some of our country's largest airplanes. For others, their dream is to build them. Abby Frisk, a senior at Ferris State University is doing exactly ...

Something nobody ever wants to see when they look out the window of a plane is black smoke or flickering flames billowing from one of the plane's turbine engines. Action movies may have you believe ...

A plane mechanic has finally explained the viral video of “duct tape” on an airliner jet engine — and revealed what it’s really used for. “We looked out of our window and saw this,” the caption reads ...

In new photos, the X-59 performs afterburner tests at Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...