Pratt & Whitney has been suppling aviation power plants to the world since 1925, including some of the most advanced jet ...

School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R. China Science and Technology on Aircraft Control Laboratory, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, P. R ...

Boeing has reportedly redesigned the engine thrust links for its long-delayed Boeing 777X widebody aircraft. According to a report by Aviation Week, the American aircraft manufacturer plans to install ...

Flight tests resumed after installation of replacement thrust links. Credit: Matt Cawby Boeing will install new 777-9 engine thrust links later this summer as part of a package of design revisions ...

Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile preview the key races across the UK this weekend and are joined by upcoming apprentice jockey Mason Paetel. Wally Pyrah also gives his fancies for Happy Valley on ...

Luther Burden is holding a grudge against every team that didn’t select him Burden was expecting to be a first-round pick, and he isn’t willing to forgive any of the 31 NFL teams that passed ...

Part of the NASA technology demonstrators, X-31 was designed to test thrust vectoring technology by using a delta wing, canards, and vectored thrust from the engine. Designed and built by Rockwell ...

The aircraft will also be equipped with European weaponry, such as the Meteor BVRAAM (Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile), IRIS-T (InfraRed Imaging System Tail-Thrust Vector Controlled ...

NASA's F/A-18 (left) and X-31 are among the airplanes used to gather data for thrust-vectoring. NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Remember the scene in the movie Top Gun when Navy pilot Pete ...

Abstract: This paper addresses the trajectory tracking problem for VTOL UAVs in which the thrust vector can be delivered only in a fixed direction with respect to the aircraft frame. The proposed ...

These flex nozzles, constructed from layered elastomeric materials, enable precise thrust vector control without complex hydraulic actuators. A malfunction could result in thrust misalignment, causing ...