Internal combustion engines are fairly simply machines. When you break it down, they are nothing more than air pumps. When it comes to making horsepower and torque, the simple fact is the more air you ...

Boeing's MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueller has benefitted from engine inlet analysis as the manufacturer looks ahead to low-rate production. Boeing has revealed that it is using ‘additional test ...

ONE of the many problems confronting the engine designer is that of selecting proper port dimensions. As a general rule, it appears desirable to keep the ports as small as possible. This procedure ...

US defence technology company Edo is pressure-testing a prototype composite engine-inlet duct. The duct was manufactured using vacuum-assisted resin transfer moulding (CRTM) and a braiding process ...

The U.S. Air Force said that wind tunnel testing that finished in early June validated inlet redesign of the Rolls-Royce F130 engine for the U.S. Air Force’s Commercial Engine Replacement Program ...

Front Wing - Re-optimised wing elements to better attain the pressure gradients and more stable load. Nose - Better fairing to the front wing elements and a better pressure control along the length.

With a planned first flight as soon as next year, NASA is speeding the pace of development for the X-59 supersonic research aircraft. Also known as Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST), the machine is ...

Rumors of its existence have been going around the Internet since the first prototype went out the door for testing. Over the course of the last three years or so, C&L proprietor Lee Bender has been ...