Deadly B-52 crash puts focus on engines, controllability as investigators hunt for answers

A B-52 Stratofortress crashed after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base during a radar modernization test mission, killing ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

In a first, hydrogen engine restart for high-altitude conditions tested by GE Aerospace

GE Aerospace and its subsidiary Avio Aero have successfully completed the first engine restart ...
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GE Begins Testing Hybrid Aircraft Engine After Years of Anticipation

Company is exploring ‘megawatt-class' propulsion systems under a contract with NASA.

GE Aerospace advances hybrid-electric aviation with megawatt-class engine test

GE Aerospace (GE) on Tuesday said it completed ground testing of a megawatt-class hybrid-electric propulsion system developed ...
The Aviationist

Boeing Awarded $2 Billion Contract to Continue Work on B-52’s New Engines

The new contract covers the Post-Critical Design Review phase of the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program, which will replace the TF33 engines with the new F130s. The U.S. Department of War ...
Aviation Pros

GE Aerospace Celebrates Successful First Ground Test of Megawatt-Class Hybrid Electric Engine System

The ground testing took place at Peebles Test Operation in Ohio, where the electric powertrain was able to generate power for ...
UPI

NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft

Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...
autoevolution

First Two Tiltrotor Wings for the MV-75 Cheyenne Test Aircraft Are Almost Ready to Fly

American defense contractor Bell Textron announced it has completed the first two wing structures for the first two MV-75 ...
The Aviationist

Sikorsky Conducts First Ground Test of GE’s T901 Engines on UH-60 Black Hawk

The GE T901 engine was developed as part of the Improved Turbine Engine Program to replace the T700 engines used by U.S. Army’s UH-60s and the AH-64s, and was also expected to equip the now-cancelled ...
Defense One

Replacement B-52 test engine deliveries expected in 2027

AURORA, Colorado—Test engines meant to keep the B-52 Stratofortress in the skies through the bomber’s 100th birthday are expected to be delivered in 2027 after recent key performance evaluations, ...
Space.com

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time

But a date has still yet to be set for the X-59's first flight. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is ...
Flightglobal

Clean Aviation outlines test plans for next-generation narrowbody engines

The EU’s Clean Aviation body has provided more detail on the two new narrowbody engine concepts it plans to fund in its second phase, readying them for service entry around 2035. In December, Clean ...