There are a variety of reasons why commercial airlines want more and more fuel-efficient aircraft. First, airlines are aiming to meet their publicly stated sustainability goals. Second, carriers have ...

While just about every modern car uses an electric fan to draw air through the radiator core, prior to the 1990s, every engine was cooled by way of a mechanical fan blade. Even though many hot rods ...

GE Aerospace in 2025 plans to use two of the world’s fastest computers, both at US-government-funded research facilities, to study how its open-fan engine concept will integrate with an aircraft’s ...

"Air cooling" is a bit of a misnomer, since air alone couldn't cool the Porsche 911. A variety of supplementary devices worked to keep those engines running.

The Open Fan demonstrator will also be a puller, or tractor, configuration with a single stage of rotating blades and a second nonrotating stage of active, variable-pitch stators. Credit: CFM CFM ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Further investigation into the cause of United Airlines Flight 328’s engine failure, which scattered debris over Broomfield last month, confirms “multiple ...