We build a jet engine-powered merry-go-round out of questionably weak materials, then try to spin it up like it is a normal theme park ride. The plan is simple - fire up the engine, test the controls, ...

CHINESE scientists have successfully tested a hypersonic jet engine that could fly a missile at 12,000mph. The engine would in theory permit travel to any part of the world in less than two hours if ...

Simply sign up to the Aerospace & Defence myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In the 1990s, when India was pursuing economic reforms, testing nuclear weapons and raising its profile ...

Humans depend on fossil fuels as their primary energy source, especially in transportation. However, fossil fuels are both unsustainable and unsafe, serving as the largest source of greenhouse gas ...

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"It's on another scale from anything I've seen before," says Lorna Carter who recently started working at a new Rolls-Royce research and development facility near Bristol. She works with giant robots ...

Eighty years ago, a piece of world-changing technology emerged from a semi-derelict garage in Leicestershire - the world's first viable jet engine. But as Frank Whittle's invention took to the skies ...

Rolls-Royce could build a new range of jet engines in Germany or the US instead of Britain, in what would be a major blow to Labour’s faltering growth hopes. The FTSE 100 aerospace giant is being ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain’s Reaction Engines has proved its groundbreaking engine technology can handle the intense temperatures ...

Guy Martin: Top Gun, airing on Channel 4 this Sunday, features the former motorbike racer constructing a jet engine in his shed. His aim is to comprehend the technology's original inventor, Sir Frank ...