Yesterday, Vladimir Putin presented his country with a belated Christmas present: the Avangard hypersonic missile. According to Russian media, it's capable of reaching Mach 20. And if its ability to ...

Knock, knock. No, we’ll spare you the bad joke, because we are discussing those annoying engine knocks. Some people call it knock, some call it ping, others call it clatter. No matter what you call it ...

My first experience with the term “detonation” came from an Air Force training film. It opened with a shot of a B-25 (it was an old film) that was taking off, but apparently ran into trouble because ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Chinese researchers claim to have ...

Liquid-fuelled rocket engine design has largely followed a simple template since the development of the German V-2 rocket in the middle of World War 2. Propellant and oxidizer are mixed in a ...

A supersonic drone that will be propelled by a revolutionary new engine has taken to the skies for the first time. When Venus Aerospace's aircraft does go supersonic on a later date, it will be ...

In a normal situation, the moment you press the brake pedal, the engine RPM (revolutions per minute) should drop. But the engine sound left on the black box of the City Hall Station crash vehicle was ...