Blended wing body: The future of passenger aircraft?

11.2024 | 6 mins reading time
With a blended wing body, the aerodynamically shaped aircraft body generates lift. This design should be able to reduce fuel consumption by up to 50 percent. But it poses major challenges, especially for use as a passenger aircraft. Read More

The art of the best brush seals

10.2024 | 5 mins reading time
Made up of thousands of wires, each just a fraction of a millimeter thick, that have been wound and cut into brushes, MTU brush seals adjust to fit almost perfectly to rotating surfaces. This unique MTU technology has applications even outside the aviation industry. Read More

ScanExpress: Making 3D scans of defects in engine parts

10.2024 | 5 mins reading time
A new optical measurement system for maintenance can measure engine damage that’s as little as 20 μm deep—in three dimensions. Read More

Innovative aviation technologies

AEROREPORT reports on high technology and excellent service “made by MTU” as well as on general aviation topics.

AEROREPORT is the online magazine of MTU Aero Engines, Germany’s leading engine manufacturer. Flying and the technology that makes it possible are fascinating and bring up a broad range of issues: more than a hundred years of history and many questions about the future of aviation in the face of climate change, population growth, and resource scarcity.