In 1930, Whittle designed and sought a patent on his first jet engine. His idea languished and failed to gain traction during the turbulent times of the Great Depression and pre-World War II political ...

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 ...

close-up of jet engine nacelle with a strake on the side - Dinujaya/Shutterstock There are many components that go into a jet engine, from combustors to compressors to those gigantic fans that are a ...

The transportation industry has grown tremendously over the past two hundred years. In the 1800s, sailing between the United Kingdom and Australia would take months. By the 1900s, this duration had ...

While recent years have seen more information about the Chinese military become common knowledge, there is no denying that a lot is still unknown about its military might. Most recognize one of the ...

A modern jet engine is a complex mechanical wonder. However, these aren't engines that will just roar into action with the turn of a key or the press of a button. Often, turbine engines will need ...

I'm not sure if you've heard, but planes are neat. And how could they not be? You sit down, and in less than a day, you can be on the other side of the world. That's also before you get into the ...

Five years ago, in 2021, American space agency NASA announced it is working on yet another project that doesn’t involve, well, space: the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). Since then, NASA’s ...

PBS Aerospace in Roswell is already racking up military contracts, especially as conflicts in Gaza, Iran and Ukraine fuel ...