With the development of artificial intelligence technology, intelligentization has become one of the development trends of the future aeroengine industry. The intelligent aeroengine has become a research hotspot in recent years. Its development will bring a new round of technology revolution in the aviation industry. The background of the intelligent aeroengine is investigated, and two successful applications of the intelligent aeroengines are discussed. In addition, the research progress of intelligent aeroengine is summarized particularly in terms of intelligent control, intelligent health monitoring, fault diagnosis, etc. The challenge issues of intelligent aeroengine are outlined. Its development trend in the context of industrial big data are discussed, including data management, information exchange, information fusion, diagnosis timeliness, life prediction, etc.