Engines

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

Dreamliner Set to Fly As New Boeing ecoDemonstrator

Green aviation partnership is backed by Rolls-Royce and Lufthansa

Boeing 787 ecoDemonstrator test bed aircraft

ZeroAvia Pushes Defense Focus With Hydrogen-electric ZA200

200kW power generation system central to revised short-term strategy

Sustainability and Environment

Two people signing at lectern with Dornier 228 in background of hangar

Geopolitics Drives Technology Shift to Defense at GKN

European investment in sovereign capability targets new drones

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

GKN Aerospace additive manufacturing

Safran Turbogenerator Will Power Electra Hybrid Aircraft

Electra recently received FAA G-1 issue paper defining certification path

Safran TG600 turbogenerator

Pratt & Whitney’s PW800 Engine - How it Works

Pratt & Whitney’s PW800 Engine - How it Works

October 16, 2019

Duncan Aviation's Virtual Engine Experience. Unlike Any Other.

Duncan Aviation's Virtual Engine Experience. Unlike Any Other.

October 7, 2019

Aerion Unveils Stage 5 GE Affinity Engine for Supersonic AS2

Aerion Unveils Stage 5 GE Affinity Engine for Supersonic AS2

November 5, 2018

Rolls Royce Nano Robot Bugs and Snakes to Repair Jet Engine Innards

Rolls Royce Nano Robot Bugs and Snakes to Repair Jet Engine Innards

October 23, 2018

Pratt & Whitney Adds AI to Borescope Inspections

Claims the new process is more efficient, with less operational disruption

Pratt & Whitney engine on supports in test facility

All RISE for Increasing Focus on Durability

Open-fan narrowbody architecture on track to achieve predetermined efficiency milestones

GE Dowty 2026 Media Tour

Swapping Metal for Thermoplastics Speeds Prototyping

Greene Tweed says reworkable tooling cuts lead times in half

Greene Tweed thermoplastics

Sora Aviation Completes Subscale S-1 eVTOL Testing

UK start-up says 30-passenger all-electric aircraft could enter service in 2031

Subscale demonstrator with proprotors on fuselage-mounted booms

Rolls-Royce's Hydrogen Capabilities Await Market Maturity

Efficiency of existing products remains key to OEM’s sustainability strategy

Sustainability and Environment

Rolls-Royce engine in test rig

Airbus and MTU Launch Hydrogen Propulsion Venture

New initiative focused on commercial applications for electric hydrogen fuel cell engines

Four-engine narrowbody digital rendering

GKN-backed Start-up Focuses on Electric Motors

A joint venture with the University of Nottingham is a product of the H2Gear program

Sustainability and Environment

GKN Global Technology Center

Collins Advances Electric Thrust Reverser Technology

UK engineering center of excellence is focused on ElecTRAS improvements

Collins Aerospace engineering center of excellence

AIN Appoints New Editor for Leeham News and Analysis

Appointment marks next chapter for respected commercial aviation news source

Howard Hardee

Bombardier, Rolls-Royce Expand Engine Health Monitoring

Fully digital system makes business aviation debut with Pearl 15

Two engineers sitting at screen in front of Bombardier biz-jet

Acodyne Lands Funding for Electric Cargo Drone Family

Danish start-up aims to start flight testing before end of 2026

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Acodyne electric cargo drones

How Hydrogen Can Generate Electricity To Power Aircraft

A simple explanation of how hydrogen fuel cells work for aircraft.

Hydrogen fuel cell demonstrator at Aero Friedrichshafen 2026

More Operators Sign for Vaeridion’s Electric Microliner

General Atomics plans to use Vaeridion’s batteries for its drones

Vaeridion at ILA 2026

TPE331 Engine Will Power Swarm Aero’s Large Military Drone

Swarm says it is now building production-ready uncrewed air system

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Swarm Aero Honeywell TPE331 engine

Helios Horizon Flies Solid-State Battery Demonstrator

Nonprofit group targets stratospheric electric flight this year

Helios Horizon founder and chief test pilot Miguel Iturmendi stands with his modified Pipistrel Taurus

Electra Unveils Turbo-electric Airliner Concept

‘Double-bubble’ fuselage promises efficiency gains

Electra’s NASA AACES 2050 airliner concept