A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than ...
A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor and driven by intense magnetic ...
While other modern engines also pursue high efficiency, the General Electric GE9X stands apart due to the sheer scale of its ...
NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.
Turkey has unveiled a new aircraft engine that delivers high thrust, similar to engines ...
The space agency released a video of its experimental aircraft performing a series of maneuvers as it soared over ...
Earlier this year, rocket scientists at NASA fired up an electromagnetic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor.
The XRQ-73, a 1,250-pound drone, uses a mix of electric and jet-fuel propulsion, which is supposed to make it much quieter ...
On February 24, 2026, inside a specialized vacuum chamber at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, engineers ...
Otto Aerospace announced a successful flight test campaign with a laser-powered drone demonstrator, validating the aerodynamic efficiency of its transonic, laminar-flow technology. This breakthrough ...
The Critical Design Review of the CERP program paves the way for the modification of two B-52 bombers with the new engines, ...
The Air Force’s program to replace the B-52H Stratofortress’s 1960s-era engines cleared its critical design review, the ...