The aircraft with the most powerful engines are not necessarily the ultra-large widebody Airbus A380s and Boeing 747s. Those are quadjets and so can afford to have smaller engines compared with the ...

The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...

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 ...

Activity is burgeoning in a long-neglected portion of the turbofan engine sector with the rise of a new category of jet-powered, autonomous warplanes. In the past month, the U.S.' ...

Airbus, like its competitor Boeing, is responsible for producing thousands of aircraft for hundreds of different companies and countries around the world. It's a huge company with a wide repertoire of ...

Boom Supersonic is putting its engine technology to work on the ground to power the AI boom, and help fund development of its full-size Overture aircraft. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...

Adaptive cycle engines are specially designed to alternate between efficiency and raw power—extending an aircraft’s range without compromising on speed during engagements. The modern fighter jet is ...

GE Aerospace, part of General Electric (NYSE:GE), signaled a major reopening for U.S. jet engine sales in China tied to a ...

Shares of Caterpillar, the maker of mining and construction machinery, are up more than 30% since year-end, making it the biggest contributor to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. WSJ’s Jonathan Weil ...