Rival prototypes for the US Air Force’s adaptive-cycle fighter engine have passed assembly readiness review, paving the way to prototype assembly and ground test
Browsing: Engine Testing
How ground-based facilities simulate extreme altitudes and other conditions to prove engine performance before first flight
Rolls-Royce and easyJet have run a Pearl 15 business jet engine on pure hydrogen across a complete simulated flight cycle at NASA Stennis in the USA
Bird strikes, blade-outs and 100mph crosswinds are recreated in the world’s leading engine test facilities
A UK pilot plant will demonstrate the conversion of hard-to-recycle plastics into aviation fuel for certification testing
New data from European and NASA flight test campaigns is exposing how fuel and engine design shape contrail formation
DLR project has successfully tested cryogenic liquid hydrogen fuel delivery components from shipping industry for future aviation propulsion systems
UK-based Pulsar Fusion created and confined plasma for the first time in its Sunbird engine during testing
Rolls-Royce-led European consortium will mature propulsion technologies for UltraFan 30 demonstrator ground testing
The new laboratory at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus offers thruster testing and plasma diagnostics to the space sector