New Jet Engine Designs Could Let Military Save 25 Percent Of Fuel Burned

F-16 Fighting Falcon undergoing mid-air refueling [Image: U.S. Air Force via Flickr]

Cars and trucks are far from the only vehicles that burn fossil fuels, obviously. Jet aircraft too burn large amounts of fuel, and that’s become a point of concern for a particularly large and powerful entity. So the U.S. military has undertaken a new research effort, the Adaptive Engine Technology Development (AETD) program. DON’T MISS: United… …read more