The engines need to handle water, so GE will set up a hose and blast a running GEnx engine with 800 gallons of water per minute. When the test goes as planned, all that rain flies through the ...

United Technologies Corp., which is doubling down on aviation, has installed a $40 million test center in East Hartford to put engine compressors through their paces with the goal of improving the ...

In Atlanta, Delta Air Lines opens what’s billed as the world’s largest jet engine test room, adding a key layer to safe and reliable air travel.

The initial GE9X, known as the first engine to test (FETT), was fired up for the first time in March 2016. That engine is now being used to prepare GE Aviation's ice testing facility in Winnipeg ...

GE makes a lot of commercial jet engines, and puts a lot of time and work into testing them. Part of that effort means collecting sand from all over the world and bringing it to Peebles, Ohio, for ...

Judging by video of the test posted to YouTube, it's safe to say that the engines generate an ear-splitting wail to match their brawny size. The engine is the biggest commercial jet turbine in the ...

Investment prepares Tullahoma, Tennessee, military facility to test next-generation jet engines. Arnold Engineering and Engineering and Development Complex celebrates 70th year as officials look ...

World’s first test run of a hydrogen jet engine a success. Rolls-Royce and easyJet partnered up to test whether hydrogen-powered planes can one day clean up aviation’s pollution.

Reaction Engines's Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE) engine has passed a major milestone, as a key component handled conditions equivalent to an airspeed of Mach 5 (3,704 mph, 5,961 ...

British engineer Rolls-Royce has successfully used hydrogen instead of conventional jet fuel to power a modern aircraft engine in a world first for the aviation industry, according to the company.

Work has begun to demolish Bldg. 256, a former jet engine test cell facility, on Area A of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Bhate Environmental Associates Inc. has been retained by the U.S. Army ...