The aviation industry has always relied on a small group of engine makers to push aircraft further, faster, and more efficiently. General Electric is one of them. The company has been active in the ...

The modern fighter jet is defined by its engine, which accelerates a tremendous volume of air rearward that it can propel an aircraft weighing as much as 70,000 pounds at supersonic speeds. While ...

SNECMA's work on pulse-jets began in 1943 with the objective of producing a simple jet engine. This artifact is an Escopette (Carbine) model and was the first of the SNECMA pulse-jet models. It has no ...

An Air Start Unit (ASU) is a pneumatic starting system. Most jets use an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) but the ASU is an essential backup if it's not working.

This expansion produces a jet thrust capable of lifting a 1-kilogram steel ball, demonstrating thrust comparable to conventional jet engines.