French aerospace agency ONERA has tested a tiny combustion chamber for use in a prototype micro gas turbine that could be built by 2010 for a miniature unmanned air vehicle. Tested at ONERA's Laerte ...

The successful test of Monarch 5 running on natural gas shows the system’s unparalleled level of fuel flexibility as UAV Turbines transitions into production for commercial and defense customers.

For all the hype swirling around electric aviation, the current state of battery technology and electric powertrains remains a limiting factor for all the drones, air taxis, cargo haulers, and flying ...

UW mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate Stephan Brinckmann, from Clinton, N.J., and first-year graduate student Jackson Rambough, of Kingston, Wash., display a computer model and prototype of the ...

Publicity photo of a first-generation Union Pacific GTEL locomotive and a circa-1923 electric auto in Fremont, Neb. The auto was owned by a local woman and the locomotive was on its way west to haul ...

With the Paris Air Show in full swing, we're simply flooded with exciting bits of news from the aerospace industry. And even info not directly linked to the event in France's capital seem to neatly ...

Pre-swirl systems are a critical component in modern gas turbine engines, designed to condition the cooling airflow before it reaches the turbine rotor blades. By imparting a controlled rotational ...

Honeywell has won a four-year $45 million contract to develop a 700shp (520kW) class engine to demonstrate advanced small gas turbine technologies for use in future military and commercial vehicles, ...

Gas turbine engines are integral to modern power generation and aviation, necessitating robust control systems and precise diagnostic methodologies to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operation.

On a test run, San Francisco’s new Fire Engine 14 surged effortlessly up the steep streets of Nob Hill. On the flat, it accelerated from a cold start to 50 m.p.h. in 45 sec. (v. 60 sec. for older ...

US energy solutions provider ProEnergy is repurposing jet engines to power data centers. As first reported by IEEE Spectrum, the company revealed that two data center operators are using its ...