MTU Aero Engines is convinced that the dynamics of the narrowbody market are likely to prevent an open-rotor design from being adopted on a future single-aisle due to the need to preserve customer ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The head of European planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA), opens new tab said novel open-rotor technology being tested by engine maker CFM International offers promising ...

GE Aerospace has started tests to help ensure the open-rotor engine it is developing under its CFM International partnership retains adequate durability when operated in dusty and sandy conditions.

So the ram-rotor controls reactant compression, the detonation point, and burned gas expansion within that single rotor. And it uses a continuous supersonic rotating detonation wave as its primary ...