How do you measure the power of a jet engine if not in horsepower? The real metric might surprise you and it explains why planes fly the way they do.

Fighter jet engines are complex machines that enable aircraft to reach incredible speeds. The modern fighter jet is defined by its engine, which accelerates a tremendous volume of air rearward that it ...

The refinement of the fighter jet seems to have happened at a blistering pace. The world's first operative fighter jet was Germany's Messerschmitt Me 262, which took to the skies during the latter ...

While it's fairly common knowledge to enthusiasts that the first jet fighter was the speedy Messerschmitt Me 262, introduced in 1944, the invention of the turbine jet itself may not be as widely known ...

The AV-8 Harrier jump jet became the first VSTOL fighter jet that the Royal Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps used for decades, paving the way for the F-35B.

Clockwise from top left: Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images, Boom Supersonic, Tusas Engine Industries. Jet engines have some of the highest entry ...

General Electric will provide logistics support for the F/A-18 Super Hornet and the EA-18G Growler over the next five years.

Airbus is teasing technologies that could enable its next-generation single-aisle jet, including innovative engine and wing designs aimed at boosting efficiency. The Toulouse-based airframer provided ...