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Paris 2011: Saint-Gobain Promotes Advanced Polymers, Seals and Gaskets

French plastics specialist Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is showcasing materials made from its Meldin 7000 lightweight, high-temperature polymer on Sta
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Paris 2011: GTF Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan Consortium to be Formed

A consortium along the lines of International Aero Engines (IAE) will be created for the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofans (GTF) later this year
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Paris 2011: SESAR Achieves First Targets

The SESAR Joint Undertaking (JU) has recently carried out an extensive review to see whether there are any early results that could benefit the aviation co

Paris 2011: North Sea Weather Baptizes Le Bourget Debut of AgustaWestland’s AW189 Twin-engine Helicopter  

Dark clouds and a strong breeze failed to prevent yesterday’s unveiling of AgustaWestland’s latest civil helicopter, the eight-ton multi-role AW189.

Paris 2011: Boeing must act now on narrowbodies, says ILFC chief

Boeing needs to “get on with it,” if it is to compete with the Airbus A320neo, according to International Lease Finance Corporation CEO Henri Courpron.
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Paris 2011: Where Next for Russian Helicopters Following Share Flotation Flop?

Russian Helicopters has had to go back to the drawing board on plans to raise fresh capital, following last month’s failed attempt at a $500 million share
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Paris 2011: Rostvertol’s Upgraded Mi-26T2 Looks for Sales in India

Rostvertol is at the show promoting its Mi-26T2, an upgraded version of its popular heavy-lift helicopter, in the hope of securing sales to India and other

Paris 2011: Aeroconseil Provides Connections

Aeroconseil (Stand 126, Hall B2), a provider of aeronautical engineering and air transport services, is making its second appearance at Le Bourget.
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Paris 2011: Honeywell-Safran Link on Electrically Powered Taxi System for Airplanes

Airline fuel savings of 4 percent and quieter, cleaner airports are predicted for an
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Paris 2011: Anticipated Major A320neo Orders Will Likely Mean Good News for CFM’s Leap-X Engine

Major orders for the new CFM International Leap-X turbofan engine are due to be announced during the first four days of the Paris show, intensifying the ba
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Paris 2011: Crunch time approaches for narrowbodied engine choices

Almost three full decades ago a battle was raging over the powerplant options for what was then the all-new Airbus A320.

Qatar's C Series 'Issues' Hit Sour Note for Pratt

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker's surprise revelation at the Farnborough airshow that "issues” with the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbo
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Mubadala Plans Homegrown Bizjet by 2018

Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Aerospace is aiming to be not only a tier-one supplier of large composite structures to Airbus or Boeing, but also a business jet

Mubadala targets tier one and a new bizjet for 2018

Mubadala Aerospace is positioning itself as a tier-one supplier of large composite  structures to Airbus or Boeing for future single-aisle aircraft as
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Pratt and GE butt heads again over F-35 engine alternative

Pratt & Whitney and General Electric have bought their high-stakes battle over the provision of an alternative engine for the Lockheed-Martin F-35.
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GE doesn’t see business case for 2nd A350 engine launch

Manufacturers of airliners typically offer customers a choice of engines for their various models.
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Open rotors brushed off by Pratt & Whitney

Pratt & Whitney believes open rotors are not the solution to powering future single-aisle aircraft and will offer developed versions of its PW1000G ser

Industry must boost IT to grow and cut costs

Information technology (IT) specialist CSC aims to increase its European aerospace and defense business by up to 10 percent year-on-year as it seeks to cap
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Pratt Canada launches new regional turboprop

Pratt & Whitney Canada has launched an all-new turboprop engine for regional aircraft to replace the 1,800- to 5,000-shp PW100 series.
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Leap-X engine leaps forward as single-aisle planes slip

CFM International comes to the Farnborough airshow with the first application for its new Leap-X engine under its belt and ready to offer more advanced ver
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Volcanic disruption boosts case for SES

The total closure of European skies in April because of the volcanic ash cloud was considered by many observers to be an unnecessarily severe reaction.
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Big three engine makers are on target with new technology

Recessions come and go, but the quest to develop ever more efficient engines for the next generation of single-aisle aircraft continues.
Engines

20 years on, IAE marks milestones on V2500

Exactly two decades ago, the consortium that was to become International Aero Engines (Hall 5, Stand B10) was formed to build an engine, the V2500, to comp
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GEnx engine program off to a flying start

Less than three months ago, on March 24, General Electric’s newest engine, the GEnx-2B, took to the air on the company’s Boeing 747 flying test bed, markin
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Europe strengthens commitment to Single European Sky program

At the end of March the troubled Single European Sky (SES) program received a vital boost when the European Parliament gave the project the legislative tee
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Meeting the Operational Challenge

In both engineering and visual terms, the open rotor is a huge departure from the turbofans that power today’s aircraft.
Engines

R-R forges ahead on open rotors

Rolls-Royce’s development of an open-rotor engine for the next generation of midsize airliners has taken a giant leap forward after wind-tunnel tests revea

Torrent of orders flows in for Airbus

Airlines from fast-growing new markets in the Middle East and Russia once again boosted dwindling aircraft sales yesterday here.
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Antonov launches stretch variant of delayed An-148

Antonov, responding to “strong market demand,” has launched a stretched version of its much-delayed 86-passenger An-148 regional passenger aircraft.
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Pratt’s PurePower geared turbofan family takes off

Clouds of dry ice swirled around onlookers as Pratt & Whitney revealed a full-scale model of its new “PurePower” PW1000G geared turbofan (GTF) on its stand