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Boom Supersonic is building its own engine after major manufacturers refused to help. Here's what we know about Symphony, which will power the super-speedy Overture jet.

Boom is trying to build a Supersonic jet that could cross the Atlantic in 3.5 hours. Last December, it decided to make its own engine after engine manufacturers refused to help. Now its Symphony ...
Hackaday

Building A Rim-Driven Jet Engine

Rim-driven thrusters turn the normal propeller-motor arrangement inside out; rather than mounting the motor at the center of the propeller, they use a large hollow motor, with the blades attached to ...
autoevolution

Bell Beats Boeing to Build World's First Aircraft with Folding Rotors and Jet Engines

Two years ago, in 2023, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced the birth of the Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. The goal of the effort was to ...
Hartford Courant

CT jet engine maker wins large contracts to build engines, more. Here’s where the work will be done.

East Hartford-based jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney has been awarded an $11 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to build F100 engines for military aircraft, a member of Connecticut’s ...