The Largest Commercial Jet Engine On Earth Also Has Large And Unique Problems

Set to power the world's biggest commercial jet, overcoming the engineering hurdles of this massive engine pushed its launch ...
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Hybrid jet engines work to excel where pure-electric jets fail

A hybrid-electric jet engine may seem as absurd as a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but GE Aerospace is ground testing a new megawatt-class hybrid turbofan engine and its full powertrain that is powerful ...
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The World's Biggest Commercial Jet Engine Has Really Been A Challenge To Get Flight-Ready

The Boeing 777 is a large aircraft meant for long flights, with a wingspan of 212 feet, 7 inches and a length of 242 feet, 4 inches for the extended range models. The next generation of 777 aircraft, ...
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NASA’s New Hybrid-Electric Jet Engine Just Proved It Can Power an Airliner

Five years ago, in 2021, American space agency NASA announced it is working on yet another project that doesn’t involve, well, space: the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC). Since then, NASA’s ...