Enormous engines like the GE90 had to be developed to power the 777, primarily because it has two turbofans rather than four.

If you've ever stood near a runway and watched planes take to the skies, you've probably also been awestruck by the sheer size of the engines that make it all possible. On large commercial planes, ...

While the World War II era was the first time we saw fighter jet engines take to the sky, there were some earlier operational prototypes. Anselm Franz, an Austrian engineer, designed and fitted one of ...

In the late 1940s, GE introduced the J-47 gas turbine engine, which became the most-produced jet engine of the early jet age, powering aircraft such as the F-86 Sabre and several other new fighters.

A superfast turbojet engine under development could see China zooming ahead of the US in the global military aircraft race China's aerospace industry has made significant strides in the development of ...