The Northwestern University student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) wasted no time getting off the ground. Less than a year after its launch, the student group designed ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 15, 2016 ” Engility (NYSE: EGL) will provide command, control, communications, computers, navigation, electrical and engineering services to the U.S. Navy under a $29 million ...

From its shipyard just past the floodwall in New Orleans East, Textron Systems designs, builds and tests the latest in hovercraft technology. Workers there take in 40-foot-long sheets of raw aluminum, ...

For the past four years, the Engineering Club, made up of teams of students in the fourth through 12th grades in the Calistoga Joint Unified School District, has participated in the competitive Tech ...

In the world of transportation, some technologies may seem to make everything else appear obsolete, whether it concerns airplanes, magnetic levitation or propelling vehicles and craft over a cushion ...

The rise and fade of Britain’s hovercraft empire Once hailed as the future of travel, Britain’s giant hovercraft could glide over land and sea at high speed—but high costs, rough seas, and fierce ...

On the banks of Lac Bellevue in Alberta, Canada, Robert Tymofichuk approached two women on lawn chairs. He had an unusual question. Did they mind if he launched his hovercraft nearby? After 1,800 ...