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Rolls-Royce Tests the Ultimate Turbofan Engine at Full Power, Nothing Gives Way
Rolls-Royce Tests the Ultimate Turbofan Engine at Full Power, Nothing Gives Way

19 Nov 2023, 00:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce announced earlier this week the first full-power test of the UltraFan engine, here's what you need to know

 
Fascinating J.A.P V8-Powered Custom Bike Features Vintage Aircraft Technology
Fascinating J.A.P V8-Powered Custom Bike Features Vintage Aircraft Technology

8 Jul 2023, 13:21 UTC · By: Silvian Secara / That 4.4-liter engine is actually a handmade reproduction made entirely from scratch, and it has more than 180 pound-feet of torque on tap

 
Rolls-Royce Completes Testing for the Insanely Powerful UltraFan Aero-Engine Demonstrator
Rolls-Royce Completes Testing for the Insanely Powerful UltraFan Aero-Engine Demonstrator

19 May 2023, 13:16 UTC · By: Mircea Mazuru / The UltraFan technology demonstrator is set to change the aerospace industry with record-breaking performance and new levels of efficiency and sustainability

 
John Dodd's "The Beast" Is a Unicorn Custom Car Powered by a 27-Liter Merlin Aero Engine
John Dodd's "The Beast" Is a Unicorn Custom Car Powered by a 27-Liter Merlin Aero Engine

4 Mar 2023, 11:13 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / The Beast is one of the most famous custom cars ever built in Britain and was named the world’s most powerful car by Guinness Book of World Records in 1977

 
Lego Ideas Brutus Prototype Brings Crazy Aircraft-Engined Car to Plastic Life
Lego Ideas Brutus Prototype Brings Crazy Aircraft-Engined Car to Plastic Life

17 Feb 2023, 16:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / Lego sometimes captures iconic vehicles, yet a lot slip through the cracks, but you can find them on the Ideas website, like this Brutus Prototype

 
World’s Most Efficient Regional Aircraft to Run Entirely on Sustainable Fuel
World’s Most Efficient Regional Aircraft to Run Entirely on Sustainable Fuel

10 Feb 2023, 04:04 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The ATR 72-600 has been the king of regional aviation for a while now, but it's aiming even higher, which means zero emissions

 
Two Aerospace Giants Partner With Virginia Tech to Research a Stringent Aviation Issue
Two Aerospace Giants Partner With Virginia Tech to Research a Stringent Aviation Issue

12 Dec 2022, 05:13 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney, and Virginia Tech team up to tackle the serious issue of environmental contaminants impacting aviation

 
In 160 Years, This Automaker Made Everything From Sewing Machines to Rockets
In 160 Years, This Automaker Made Everything From Sewing Machines to Rockets

29 Nov 2022, 23:19 UTC · By: Tudor Serban / This automaker started by making sewing machines back in 1862. Along the road, it also built a motorized plow, motorbikes, and even a 200-hp aircraft engine

 
Rolls-Royce Joins Forces With the World’s Largest Producer of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Rolls-Royce Joins Forces With the World’s Largest Producer of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

28 Oct 2022, 04:43 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Rolls-Royce wants to make all of the mtu engines compatible with sustainable fuel, while the Finland-based Neste has ambitious expansion goals

 
Rolls-Royce Is Betting on American Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Rolls-Royce Is Betting on American Sustainable Aviation Fuel

21 Oct 2022, 03:07 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Rolls-Royce will be testing an innovative green jet fuel made by a Washington-based company on its next-generation aero-engines

 
The Largest Purpose-Built Business Jet on the Market Is Coming to Life
The Largest Purpose-Built Business Jet on the Market Is Coming to Life

19 Oct 2022, 02:13 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The business jet that claims to break the norm for long range in its class is coming from France, and it's ready to enter production

 
Aero Engine Maker Pours More Cold Water on the Supersonic Flight Dream
Aero Engine Maker Pours More Cold Water on the Supersonic Flight Dream

18 Oct 2022, 03:43 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Another potential partner turns its back to Boom's supersonic project, bluntly stating that "there's no market" for supersonic engines

 
Russia’s Domestically-Made Airliner Takes to the Sky, Powered by “Homegrown” Engines
Russia’s Domestically-Made Airliner Takes to the Sky, Powered by “Homegrown” Engines

10 Oct 2022, 02:31 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The MC-21, an airliner made with Russian parts and technology, also powered by Russian-made turbofans, completed its first test flight

 
A320neo Kicks Off Flight Tests Powered by Pratt & Whitney’s New GTF Advantage
A320neo Kicks Off Flight Tests Powered by Pratt & Whitney’s New GTF Advantage

6 Oct 2022, 04:46 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Airbus and Pratt & Whitney are working together for the certification of the new GTF Advantage, an engine with increased thrust and fuel efficiency

 
Rolls-Royce Delivers the 1,000th Engine for the Record-Breaking Gulfstream G650 Jets
Rolls-Royce Delivers the 1,000th Engine for the Record-Breaking Gulfstream G650 Jets

27 Sep 2022, 05:26 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A few years ago, the G650ER smashed the record for the world's farthest flight completed by a business jet, and it was powered by the Rolls-Royce BR725 engine

 
Rolls-Royce Engine for Gulfstream’s Newest Ultra-Long-Range Jet Gets the Green Light
Rolls-Royce Engine for Gulfstream’s Newest Ultra-Long-Range Jet Gets the Green Light

22 Sep 2022, 02:55 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Gulfstream is breaking boundaries with its hot new releases, the G700 and the G800, powered by the new Rolls-Royce Pearl 700

 
No Major Engine Maker Wants to Work With Boom Supersonic for the Overture Powerplant
No Major Engine Maker Wants to Work With Boom Supersonic for the Overture Powerplant

19 Sep 2022, 06:40 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Several engine manufacturers have distanced themselves from Boom Supersonic after Rolls-Royce’s end of contract, the future of the company is uncertain

 
Falcon 10X’s Rolls-Royce Engine Is Getting a New Production Support Center in France
Falcon 10X’s Rolls-Royce Engine Is Getting a New Production Support Center in France

5 Sep 2022, 05:14 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Falcon 10X will become the first Dassault jet to be equipped with a Rolls-Royce engine, which is currently under development

 
Five Giants Join the Race for USAF’s Next-Generation Fighter Jet Engine
Five Giants Join the Race for USAF’s Next-Generation Fighter Jet Engine

22 Aug 2022, 05:28 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The U.S. Air Force made another significant step towards developing innovative adaptive cycle engines for its fighter jets

 
Pratt & Whitney Kicks Off Certification Testing for Its Next-Generation Engine
Pratt & Whitney Kicks Off Certification Testing for Its Next-Generation Engine

19 Jul 2022, 05:16 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The powerful and fuel efficient GTF Advantage is getting ready to becoming fully certified, after a pioneering test on 100% SAF