The Rolls-Royce UltraFan could be the powerplant of choice for next-generation aircraft.

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The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 currently occupies a strange and yet extremely fascinating place in aviation history. It was ...

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 ...

The world's militaries have a plethora of planes in use, and most of them have one to two engines. That's true of older fighter jets like the Mirage F1, and it's true of the newest F-35 Lightning II ...