Typically, the fuel jettisoning system comprises a series of specialised pumps and valves. These components work together to redirect the aircraft's onboard fuel supply to the wingtips.

They then requested permission for fuel dumping while maintaining the required altitude. ATC guided the pilots to a safe zone ...

On Nov. 18 the AFSBn-Cavazos command team was given a tour of the new fuel system by McCombs at West Fort Cavazos, where they were shown the technical side of the system, the ins-and-outs of the ...

Fuel dumping is a relatively simple process. "This is done via valves in the wingtips that allow fuel to be pumped out and vaporized," John Cox of Safety Operating Systems, a former US Airways ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over ...

Airbus-Safran space launch venture ArianeGroup has conducted a proof-of-concept test of hydrogen conditioning which would be suitable for feeding an aircraft engine.

A few months prior to this week’s piloted test, H2Fly and Air Liquide also conducted on-ground coupling tests of an aircraft-integrated liquid hydrogen storage system, which validated the Joby ...

Airbus The aircraft’s four propellers each have a fuel-cell stack powering an electric motor. Airbus has completed a similar 1.2-megawatt system, but the next version will be more powerful.

The 42-second video, released Thursday, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, the Pentagon said.