China's state-owned AECC has used advanced 3D printing technology to manufacture the miniature turbojet engine.

The engine is China's first 3D-printed, ultra-lightweight miniature turbojet engine in the 160-kilogram thrust class to complete a flight test. It utilizes a multi-disciplinary topology optimization ...

A 3D-printed minimalist turbojet engine independently developed by the Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) has completed ...

It is known that 3D printing makes manufacturing a lot easier and more precise than traditional manufacturing methods such as molding or machining. Some printers can 3D print using metals and alloys, ...

RTX and Pratt & Whitney developed a rotating detonation engine at scale, with the help of additive manufacturing, and tested ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne has won an Air Force contract to use 3D printing technology to develop liquid-propellant rocket engine applications destined for military launchers, the company announced this week.

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In 2014, eight engineers started a secret project behind the walls of GE Aviation’s headquarters. Their challenge? Build an aircraft engine with 3D printing instead of traditional manufacturing. The ...

After decades of false starts, America’s leading scramjet engine developers say scramjet-powered hypersonic flight is now within reach. That’s partly thanks to the coming of new 3D printing technology ...

There is an old and important saying in engineering: fast, better, cheaper. The point being that you can only ever have two out of the three. But in this pair of tales about how both GE and Rolls ...

3D Printing has the potential to give heavy-duty engines a new lease on life. Diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. is working with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to developing a material to repair ...