With their capability to fly higher, farther, and more efficiently, jet engines have transformed air travel since their introduction. From its origins in the 1930s, the jet engine was a substantial ...

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Next time you glance out the window mid-flight, look closer at those tiny fins on the engine. They're small, subtle, and surprisingly important.

Jet engines seem built to last forever, but their real lifespan depends on a lot more than just age, including how they're flown, maintained, and monitored.

Rolls-Royce broke ground Monday on a new $50 million jet engine test facility at the company’s outdoor testing site on the grounds of NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center. When fully operational, the ...