Jet engines can't just start with the push of a button. We explain what jets need to get them going, and why there needs to ...

Unlike turbojet engines, turbofans have a cold section, where some of the air sucked in through the large fan at the front of the engine doesn't go into the compressor. Instead, this air passes ...

Ramjets and scramjets are air-breathing jet engines that don’t function well at low speeds, but can power an aircraft or weapon from around Mach 3 up to Mach 5 and well beyond.

This aircraft will have no exterior moving parts. It'll fly instead using Active Flow Control (AFC), using a series of nozzle arrays along the wings connected to a pressurized air system, capable ...

For each flight, one pilot launched the jet using conventional flight controls. Then, midflight, they switched control to a second pilot who operated the active flow control system.