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X-BAT aircraft can take off without runways. GE just proved its engine works

Shield AI's X-BAT vertical takeoff fighter clears a key engine milestone as GE Aerospace completes AVEN thrust-vectoring nozzle tests in Ohio.
New Atlas

Hybrid jet engines work to excel where pure-electric jets fail

A hybrid-electric jet engine may seem as absurd as a horse-drawn Zeppelin, but GE Aerospace is ground testing a new megawatt-class hybrid turbofan engine and its full powertrain that is powerful ...
Ars Technica

SpaceX’s Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight

SpaceX launched the first test flight of its upgraded Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster Friday, with mostly positive results. The powerful rocket, propelled by 33 methane-fueled main engines, ...
Tech Xplore on MSN

Hybrid-electric aircraft clears 30,000 feet for first time in test flights

An aircraft powered by a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine developed in collaboration with NASA and built by GE Aerospace, demonstrated flight of an innovation that can inform new generations of ...
NextBigFuture

SpaceX Starship Heat Shield Analysis and Flight 14 Engine Relight Software Upgrades

SpaceX deliberately flew a more energetic / higher-dynamic-pressure reentry profile on this flight to stress the system harder than a normal return would. The vehicle survived, executed the flip and ...