With regard to the engine, the jet is equipped with a General Electric F414. This engine is of the same type as that used in the Boeing Company's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter. Furthermore, the KF-21 ...
Fighter jets are considerably heavier than prop planes ... A device that creates an electric spark ignites the fuel, forcing it to expand the oxygen in the air stream. The heat generated from ...
Perhaps the most obvious US component in the Gripen is its General Electric engine. Only two companies in Europe can design and manufacture a modern fighter jet engine—the UK's Rolls-Royce and ...
LONDON -- Japan, the U.K. and Italy will each invest the same amount in their joint venture to develop a next-generation fighter jet, Nikkei has learned, giving them equal influence on the project.
The Sea Vampire made history as the first jet-powered aircraft to land on a carrier in 1945. The UK and US navies developed fighter jets to operate aboard aircraft carriers after World War II.