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How Does the Engine of a Fighter Jet Work?

Once the air enters the fighter jet engine, it is squeezed by compressor stages, which are rotating fans and fixed blades in ...
Jet engine output is measured in thrust, not horsepower. Thrust reflects the force moving an aircraft forward, making it the standard metric for jet power.
The engines that power fighter jets are no joke, but what powerplant acts as the beating heart of a F-15 and what kind of is ...
When a scientist in China invented a new jet engine that could change the future of jet propulsion, it went largely unnoticed. Jua Tang's jet engine that turns electricity directly into thrust, ...
Maybe this sounds familiar: You’ve stared idly through an airplane’s window and wondered, How exactly does that jet engine work? Or you’ve tracked a shipment from across the country, refreshing UPS’s ...
Bob Maddox’s stage name, Crazy Rocketman, is a misnomer. Maddox doesn’t build rockets. He builds pulse-jet engines. There’s a difference. As for the crazy part—that may be true. Maddox is the world’s ...
In new photos, the X-59 performs afterburner tests at Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...