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Low-cost hypersonic rocket engine takes flight for US Air Force

"This flight proves that you can get a vehicle with a safe, storable and throttleable liquid engine in the air quickly and affordably," said Chris Spagnoletti, CEO, Ursa Major. "We went from contract ...

Rolls-Royce pushed a 100% hydrogen jet engine to full power, and the hardest part of clean flight may be hiding inside the engine

This was not a one-off experiment built for a headline. The hydrogen work followed a staged path, beginning in 2022 when ...

The modern engines rewriting the rules of what a narrowbody engine can do

From the GTF and LEAP to the latest narrowbody propulsion concepts, engine manufacturers continue to redefine what narrowbody ...
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Hybrid jet engines work to excel where pure-electric jets fail

A hybrid-electric jet engine may seem as absurd as a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but GE Aerospace is ground testing a new megawatt-class hybrid turbofan engine and its full powertrain that is powerful ...
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A hydrogen-powered aircraft just completed its longest test flight yet — a zero-emission engine that burns hydrogen instead of a drop of jet fuel

On April 4, 2026, a 7.5-tonne unmanned cargo aircraft lifted off from Zhuzhou, a manufacturing hub in China’s Hunan province, and flew for 16 minutes without burning a single drop of jet fuel. The ...
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Flight Friday: The Engines Powering Asia-Pacific Carriers’ Narrowbodies

As Aviation Week’s AeroEngines Asia-Pacific event kicks off in Hong Kong, and now that Asia-Pacific operators have finally returned to pre-COVID levels, this week’s Flight Friday highlights the ...