It sounds like something out of science fiction, but the idea of a turbine jet engine in a mainstream production car is not new. In fact, the Wikipedia page for cars powered by aircraft engines has ...

Army Aviation and industry leaders gathered in one of Sikorsky’s West Palm Beach, FL hangars in February. Helicopters passed overhead as they collected around open engine cowlings on an H-60M Black ...

LYNN, Mass. — On March 22 the Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program achieved a significant program milestone with the “light off” — the first time fuel is ignited in the engine to produce power — of ...

American carmakers used to experiment a lot in the 1950s and 1960s. Not only they penned wild concept cars, but some also experimented with unusual drivetrains. Chrysler developed a gas turbine car ...

Manufacturers of gas turbine engines are experimenting with higher operating temperatures to improve engine efficiency. Working with the support of GE, Iowa State engineers are developing new tests ...

Computer modeling technologies are being developed to help engineers design better machines. The models are being applied to wind turbines, artificial hearts and gas turbines. Three thin leaflets blew ...

AMES, Iowa – Engineers know that gas turbine engines for aircraft and power plants are more efficient and burn less fuel when they run at temperatures high enough to melt metal. But how to raise ...

AMES, Iowa – Three thin leaflets blew open and blood blasted through an artificial heart valve, the center stream firing reds and yellows, the colors indicating a flow speed up to 125 centimeters per ...