Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal Space Systems, which is taking an idea ...

Honeywell is expanding its Phoenix manufacturing operations to include engines powering the planes that the Navy may soon use ...

The Dornier Do 31 was Germany’s attempt to build the world’s first vertical-takeoff jet transport, combining helicopter versatility with jet speed. Using two vectored-thrust engines and eight lift ...

A hybrid-electric jet engine may seem as absurd as a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but GE Aerospace is ground testing a new megawatt-class hybrid turbofan engine and its full powertrain that is powerful ...

In the endless pursuit of faster, more efficient travel, engineers have been cooking up all kinds of new forms of propulsion. One of the most interesting to emerge in the last decade is the electric ...

By Michael Kahn, Supantha Mukherjee and Tom Balmforth PRAGUE/STOCKHOLM/LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - Specialist mini jet engine makers across Europe are ramping up production and investment to head off ...