The US Air Force is exploring new engine suppliers for the F-15EX and F-16 as annual US and foreign demand could reach 180 ...
The Government Accountability Office has identified repeated problems with US jet engine manufacturing, contributing to ...
Air engines are a common occurrence here on Hackaday. They’re relatively novel and reasonably easy to 3D print without requiring any fluids or supporting machinery. For example, [Tom Stanton] took a ...
Jet engine manufacturing is plagued by production delays, quality control issues and material shortages, the U.S. Air Force ...
A B-52 Stratofortress bomber aircraft assigned to the 340th Weapons Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, takes-off during a U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration exercise at Nellis AFB ...
Flying slightly higher than a standard airliner, the aircraft known as Air Force One, or VC-25, is much more than a modified Boeing 747, even though they look almost identical from the outside. Inside ...
In its purest form, an engine is nothing more than an air pump; it takes in air and then returns it, although in a slightly modified form. Maximizing an engine's ability to process air will also ...
The Air Force has expanded funding for a cutting-edge adaptive engine that would power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, while the future of NGAD itself remains under consideration. (Air ...