Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the government is pursuing a programme to develop an indigenous high-thrust aero-engine with a proposed investment of around ₹5,000 crore, stressing that ...

What happens if you put jet fuel in a diesel engine? It might run, but the results aren't as good as you'd hope, and the risks are serious.

In flight tests, a lean-burn engine cut soot about a thousandfold, but tinier exhaust particles that can seed contrails ...

The Tejas fighter jet is about to gain new momentum. American fighter jet engine manufacturer GE Aerospace has begun supplying engines for the Tejas. India had placed an order for 99 F404 jet engines ...

There's no argument that helicopters are not the same as jets. From their vertical lift to their hovering abilities, helicopters serve a purpose uniquely their own. But that doesn't mean they aren't ...

Speculation abounds as to the cause of the Air India airplane crash on June 12. One explanation so far is that both engines of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner failed, a highly unlikely event. A list ...

The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...

For as much as we like to think we've gained complete control over the forces of nature that allow us to fly at high speed, the fact of the matter is that these processes are still incredibly ...

Have you ever wondered just how big a jet engine used on a commercial aircraft is? In single-aisle airliners, for instance, the jet engines that dangle from their wings are a little under three meters ...

When you decide to build a homemade, liquid-propane-powered pulse jet engine in your garage, a few noise complaints are to be ...

From the 1970s through the 1990s, tri-jets were a common sight in our skies. Aircraft with three jet engines were capable of transoceanic flights and more fuel-efficient than four-engine aircraft like ...