Some airplanes are graceful, beautiful machines that soar effortlessly through the sky. Others, not so much. Which airplanes ...

O n October 14, 1947, a B-29 Superfortress bomber took off with a small, dart-shaped, rocket-powered aircraft called the Bell X-1 slung under its belly, nestled partway into its bomb bay. Air ...

The option for thrust vectoring increases this capability at low speeds. Its Chinese military WS-10 turbofan engines were improved rapidly through ... HAMMER modular, rocket-boosted air-to-ground ...

“When the pilot fires a missile, it is a very quick timeline for the doors to open, the missile to eject from the aircraft and the rocket ... said the engine’s unique thrust-vectoring ...

Nigerian investigators probing a loss of thrust in both engines of a Hawker 900XP have disclosed that one of the powerplants – which had stopped responding to thrust commands – became ...

This marks the first successful Rocket-Based Combined Cycle test. The engine architecture was unveiled in October at UP.Summit and combines the high thrust and efficiency of the Rotating Detonation ...

According to NASA, the word propulsion “is derived from two Latin words: pro meaning before or forwards and pellere meaning ...

Currently, the power level of such engines is typically in the tens of kilowatts. This propulsion system can be used to provide a powerful and reliable thrust for China's large and extra-large ...

In addition to holding the propellant for its four rear-mounted rocket engines, the core is the backbone ... will provide the majority of the thrust needed to propel the four Artemis 2 astronauts ...