A new NASA-funded study has revealed for the first time that the airflow in supersonic combusting jet engines can be controlled by an optical sensor. The finding can lead to more efficient ...

Aviation industry experiences major transformations related to innovations in the area of propulsion technologies. As global air traffic continuously grows every year, the manufacturers of aviation ...

FADEC systems monitor engine parameters to make discrete adjustments to the control system and optimize engine performance. Credit: Collins Aerospace As the digital world keeps pushing the electronics ...

It is easy to admire an aircraft in flight, gliding across the sky, but far harder to imagine the furnace within—jet engines, ...

The General Electric Company's jet engine division, now known as GE Aerospace, has been at the center of engine development for jet fighters from the very beginning. During World War II, the U.S. Army ...