Billions For Next Generation Fighter Jet Engines Greenlit By Air Force
The U.S. Air Force has dramatically plussed-up contracts with General Electric and Pratt & Whitney, both of which now have a ...
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US advances powerful 6th-gen fighter jet engines for next-gen combat jets
The USAF has announced a new $7 billion cash injection into its next-generation adaptive propulsion (NGAP) program.
Everyone aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter is feared dead
A jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue ...
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NGAD engine prototypes take shape in two $3.5bn contracts
The Pentagon has raised the ceiling for the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion effort to $3.5bn for each of its two vendors.
Can You Put Jet Fuel In A Diesel Engine? (And What Happens If You Do?)
It's the stuff of fantasy: jet fuel making a dieselvehicle tak e off like, well, a jet. But what really happens if you put ...
What is known about the collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter near DC
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while approaching ...
Boom Technology’s supersonic test jet breaks sound barrier for first time
A supersonic jet built by Boom Technology broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday, advancing its bid to resurrect ...
What types of passenger jet and helicopter were involved in the D.C. Reagan airport crash?
American Airlines Flight 5342 was inbound to Reagan National at an altitude of about 400 feet and a speed of about 140 miles per hour when it suffered a ...
Taiwan Air Force officer killed after being ‘inhaled’ by fighter jet’s engine
A Taiwan Air Force officer died after being sucked into the engine of an Indigenous Defense Fighter jet at Ching Chuan Kang ...
What Makes The Cirrus Vision Jet So Popular?
The Cirrus Vision Jet is a single-engine low-wing monoplane with an all-composite material airframe, an above-fuselage rear engine, a sleek V-tail design, and retractable landing gear. It is the first ...
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NASA's new supersonic X-59 jet hits the afterburner (photos)
In new photos, the X-59 performs afterburner tests at Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, ...