Jet NTNU is joining NORDSEC, bringing expertise in jet engines and propulsion technology into the Nordic defence and security cluster.
Founded in June 2026, Jet NTNU is Norway’s first student-run jet engine organisation. The initiative has strong roots in NTNU’s aviation engineering environment, with several of its participants coming from the university’s three-year bachelor’s programme in aviation engineering. The programme combines engineering subjects with practical training and focuses on the operation, maintenance and development of aircraft and aviation technology.
Jet NTNU is developing, manufacturing and testing its own turbojet engine. Its first project, Jotun, is being developed from the ground up, with dedicated departments covering areas including the compressor, combustion, turbine, nozzle, electronics and data acquisition.
This year, the team aims to build a turbojet engine with an afterburner and a targeted thrust of one kilonewton.
“We can contribute with future workforce and people who know turbine machinery and have built jet engines,” says Daniel Stordal, head of Jet NTNU.
Daniel Stordal, head of Jet NTNU. Photo: Lars Bugge Aarset/Fremtidens Industri
Stordal studies mathematics, while turbine lead and board member Jonas Hannisdahl is pursuing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. Finance manager Leo Sølvberg is studying for an MSc in Subsea Technology at NTNU.
For Jet NTNU, joining NORDSEC is also about building connections with companies and organisations in the defence and security sector.
“It makes a huge difference when it comes to networking opportunities and other conferences that help build our network,” Stordal says.
Jet NTNU will also participate at Forsvarskonferansen – Nordic Defence and Security Conference 2026 at Scandic Hell on 22–23 September. They will be part of the NTNU community at the conference together with NTNU Samfunnssikkerhet, Ascend NTNU, Propulse NTNU and Orbit NTNU.
The conference gives the organisations an opportunity to meet companies and organisations working across defence, security and advanced technology, while showcasing the capabilities being developed at NTNU.
For NORDSEC, the addition of Jet NTNU strengthens the connection between the defence and security industry and NTNU’s technology and engineering environments.
Daniel Stordal, head of Jet NTNU, turbine lead and board member Jonas Hannisdahl and Finance manager Leo Sølvberg togeter with Tevje Ravn Eggan, cluster manager of NORDSEC. Photo: Lars Bugge Aarset/Fremtidens Industri