The U.S. Navy on Jan. 8 awarded GE Aerospace a $1.4 billion contract for five lots of T408 engines to power the Sikorsky CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps. Naval Air Systems ...
Speaking to Engine Yearbook in late 2025, the COO of ELFC, Darren Wormald, highlighted a need for more investment in engine leasing, noting that “the need for independent lessors with strong balance ...
Part two of the Quest for Power series breaks down rotary and radial engines, why circular layouts solved cooling and reliability, and why they also came with nasty tradeoffs. From WWI rotaries to ...
Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these characterful machines; the final fighters were over six times faster and ...
‍DALLAS — Today, General Electric is best known for its jet engines, but that wasn’t always the case. The company began far from aviation, rooted instead in electricity, power generation, and everyday ...