South Korea is moving from licensed fighter engines to a fully indigenous powerplant, committing $3.4 billion to a new ...

For airlines, avoiding full thrust when it is not needed is simple economics. Lower takeoff thrust reduces peak temperatures and stress inside the engine, extending the time between overhauls and ...

With their capability to fly higher, farther, and more efficiently, jet engines have transformed air travel since their introduction. From its origins in the 1930s, the jet engine was a substantial ...

A model of the Safran M88 engine that powers the Dassault Rafale displayed at the Paris Air Show 2025. (Janes/Sam Wise) Safran Aircraft Engines is developing a higher-thrust version of the Safran M88 ...

Fighter jet engines are complex machines that enable aircraft to reach incredible speeds. The modern fighter jet is defined by its engine, which accelerates a tremendous volume of air rearward that it ...

Jerry Seinfeld once quipped, "Why do we even use the term 'horsepower'? Is that to further humiliate horses? The space shuttle rockets have 20 million horsepower. Is there any point in still comparing ...

Producers of military jet engines are rolling out new lines of small turbofans, eyeing an expected boom in demand for uncrewed fighter aircraft. US propulsion suppliers Pratt & Whitney (P&W), GE ...

British aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce said it is looking at making India its third "home market" outside of the UK in line ...