Safran Aircraft Engines is ramping up system-level testing for a future open-fan engine as it builds towards full-scale ground tests next year of the front module - including the 4m (13ft)-diameter fan - and ultimately flight tests of a complete powerplant in 2029.

NASA and GE Aerospace in December hit a key milestone in their quest to develop hybrid-electric engine technology for the next decade of commercial aviation. The partners on Tuesday revealed they began ground testing a hybrid engine demonstrator that is ...

Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA, has unveiled a package of regulatory updates ahead of the 2026 season, responding to ongoing technical scrutiny over power units and broader efforts to refine race formats and competitiveness across the grid.

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the first full assembly of its Archimedes engine, the ...

The RL60 next generation cryogenic upper-stage rocket engine has achieved another set of milestones, as all major components have been independently tested and delivered to the assembly floor at Pratt & Whitney (P&W). The combustion chamber, injector and ...

We're always told that rocket science is the hardest form of science out there and a raft of explosions on the launch pad in recent months makes me inclined to agree. Now, a Japanese rocket engine test has ended in disaster after the engines of a new ...