GE Aerospace completes NASA-supported ground tests of a hybrid electric turbofan engine, advancing electric propulsion for future narrowbody aircraft.

If you ask anyone working in the aviation industry what they think the most important component of modern-day planes is, chances are the vast majority may tell you that it is the jet engine. Also ...

A turbofan engine, on the other hand, is designed to move huge amounts of air to propel an aircraft forward. At lower subsonic speeds, it does this quite well. Faster than that, aerodynamic drag ...

Turkish aero-engine developer Tusas Engine Industries (TEI) has successfully spooled up the country’s first indigenous turbofan engine. The company’s TF6000 engine is a 6,000-lb., thrust-class, ...

There are a lot of different aircraft, and they all use a variety of engines from different engine manufacturers. Two of the more commonly used engines are turbofan and turbojet engines. They have a ...

GE wants to expand beyond its portfolio of small turbofans beyond the GEK800 (above), which is being tested. Credit: GE Aerospace GE Aerospace is developing a small turbofan engine for midsized ...