What happens if you put jet fuel in a diesel engine? It might run, but the results aren't as good as you'd hope, and the ...

Commercial jets absorb a lightning strike once or twice per year on average, according to MiGFlug’s analysis of aviation lightning data, and no US commercial jet has been lost to a lightning strike ...

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 ...

In flight tests, a lean-burn engine cut soot about a thousandfold, but tinier exhaust particles that can seed contrails ...

There are many components that go into a jet engine, from combustors to compressors to those gigantic fans that are a staple of engine design. Many of these things are also found in the engines of ...

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...

Since 1986, it has been India’s goal to develop an engine to power an indigenous Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) so that the country can exercise strategic autonomy. But even 40 years down the ...

The loud roar of a jet engine can have far-reaching consequences, from hearing damage among aircraft carrier deck crews to noise pollution around airports and stress on aircraft components. Kaurab ...