Boeing, Lufthansa and Rolls-Royce flight-test 787-9 tech to cut fuel burn and airport noise, supporting greener aircraft.

The Open Fan engine, the distinctive architecture that could power the next generation of single-aisle aircraft, targets a ...

Rolls-Royce and the U.S. Air Force validated the F130’s ability to meet performance requirements for the B-52 missions, getting closer to flight testing. Engine maker Rolls-Royce announced on Feb. 24, ...

One of the world’s largest aeronautics and space companies, Airbus, and leading aircraft engine ...

The Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) program aims to come up with an open fan design for future ...

Rolls-Royce is retiring its Boeing 747-200 "Flying Test Bed" (FTB) test aircraft after 20 years and over 2,000 hours of service, having flown its last assignment in July. The FTB, which was modified ...

Supersonic aircraft developer Boom has begun testing the engines that power its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft. Supersonic aircraft developer Boom has begun testing the engines that power its XB-1 ...

The new contract covers the Post-Critical Design Review phase of the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program, which will replace the TF33 engines with the new F130s. The U.S. Department of War ...

Safran Aircraft Engines is ramping up system-level testing for a future open-fan engine as it builds towards full-scale ground tests next year of the front module – including the 4m (13ft)-diameter ...

GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have begun altitude testing for their new low-cost GEK800 turbofan engine, designed to power cruise missiles and unmanned platforms in the ...

Jekta Switzerland S.A. (Payerne, Switzerland), the company behind the passenger hydro aircraft –zero emissions 100 (PHA-ZE 100) amphibious aircraft, has begun flight trials with a 1:9 scaled prototype ...

The partners will use a Lufthansa-bound Boeing 787-9 to test a new engine inlet and noise-reducing flight procedures.