Why Mazda Built The Three-Rotor 20B Engine (And Used It Just Once)

Find out how emissions regulations killed Mazda's three-rotor 20B Wankel rotary engine, just as it was getting started in the ...
SlashGear

What Are The Different Types Of Combustion Engines & How Do They Work?

For hundreds of years of human history, the invention that has defined our ability to travel, explore, and expand our boundaries has been the combustion engine. This hallmark of mechanical development ...
Flying

NTSB Blames Boeing 747 Engine Fire on Shoddy Maintenance Work

An Atlas Air Boeing 747 experienced an engine fire due to an improperly installed borescope plug. The plug, removed during a recent maintenance inspection, was found loose in the engine cowling, ...
The Aviationist

Pratt & Whitney Successfully Tests Rotating Detonation Engine

The Rotating Detonation Engine being developed by Pratt & Whitney has no moving parts, which reduces complexity and costs, and could help enable high-speed, long-range flight with increased efficiency ...
Aviation Today

GE, Kratos Expand Work On Low-Cost, Small Engines With GEK1500 Aimed At CCAs

EVENDALE, Ohio—GE Aerospace is expanding its work with Kratos Defense & Security Solutions on low-cost, small turbofan engines, announcing plans to develop a new 1,500-pound thrust capability aimed at ...
Hartford Business

Pratt wins major $1.3B engine contract to continue work on F135 upgrade

East Hartford jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney has received a $1.3 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to continue work on the F135 Engine Core Upgrade. The contract comes two months after Pratt & ...