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News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

Aircraft

P&W, Collins Team on Hybrid-Electric AAM Demonstrator

P&W and Collins are developing a hybrid-electric technology demonstrator for advanced air mobility vehicles.
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Engines

Pratt & Whitney Process Modernization a Factory Focus

Pratt & Whitney is highlighting its Industry 4.0 transformation at Farnborough as “the next evolution in lean manufacturing.”
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Engines

ZeroAvia and PowerCell Sign Fuel Cell Stacks MoU

The agreement between ZeroAvia and PowerCell will see production of 5,000 aviation-optimized fuel cell stacks between 2024 and 2028.
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Engines

EasyJet and Rolls-Royce Launch Hydrogen Engine Partnership

Full-scale hydrogen-fueled ground testing of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 15 engine will follow initial trials on the AE 2100 powerplant.
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Engines

Pratt & Whitney To Open India Engineering Center Next Year

The new P&W Indian Engineering Center will add to centers in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and Poland.
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Airlines

New GE Aerospace Unit Laser-focused on Airline Recovery

GE Aerospace's new CEO said it could take another 18 months for the air transport sector to get back to pre-Covid levels of performance.
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Aircraft

Raytheon Subsidiaries Update Market on Pending Innovation

Raytheon is preparing for what forecasters say will be an exponential increase in travel in the next five to 10 years.
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Aircraft

Air Lease Taps Pratt GTFs for More Than 220 Jets

Air Lease has agreed to buy Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan engines to power A320s and A220s for a large new aircraft order.
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Engines

GE Tests Megawatt-class Hybrid System at High Altitude

The test marks a first for a megawatt class, multi-kilovolt hybrid-electric propulsion system in simulated altitude conditions for a single-aisle aircraft.
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Engines

PBS Unveils Turbine Engine for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Engineering company updates original engine; new engine breaks record for thrust-to-weight ratio
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Aircraft

Rolls-Royce and Hyundai to Advance Hydrogen Propulsion

Rolls-Royce and Korean automaker Hyundai aim to conduct a joint hydrogen fuel-cell electric aircraft demonstration in 2025.
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Aircraft

Airbus, CFM Team on Open Fan Engine Flight Test

Airbus and CFM announced a collaboration to flight test CFM’s open fan engine architecture on an A380 demonstrator.
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Aircraft

CFM To Build 34K-pound thrust-rated Leap for A321XLR

The highest-thrust version of the Leap, physically identical to all other Leap-1A engines, will obtain the thrust bump by means of a data plug change.
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Engines

GKN Aerospace Teams with GE Aviation on CFM RISE

GKN and GE Aviation are developing the open-fan design for the RISE engine demonstrator program.
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Engines

Collins and P&W Unveil Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems

Pratt & Whitney is preparing to start ground and flights testing a new 1-MW electric motor from sister company Collins with one of its aircraft engines,
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Engines

Rolls-Royce in Final Build Phase for UltraFan Demonstrator

The UltraFan engine will perform its first run later this year, powered by 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel.
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Engines

Pratt Launches Certification Testing for GTF Advantage

Pratt & Whitney unveiled the GTF Advantage engine in December for Airbus's A320neo.
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Engines

Rolls-Royce Details Hydrogen Program Progress

Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is developing hydrogen and hybrid-electric power solutions.
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Engines

CF34 Engine Line Surpasses 200 Million Hours

GE's CF34 engine family has logged the third-highest number of flight hours of any turbine engine design.
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Engines

GE Aviation Forges Ahead with Engine Programs

The XA100 fighter engine and T901 rotary-wing powerplant programs are making strides, while GE’s existing portfolio continues to show strong sales.
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Aircraft

Vertical Teams with Babcock on EMS, Cargo VX4 eVTOL Variants

Vertical Aerospace is forming a joint working group with Babcock to explore use of the VX4 eVTOL aircraft in EMS, cargo, and military support operations.
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Avionics

Honeywell Nearing First Hybrid-electric Power Application

Honeywell is making big investments in the advanced air mobility sector, developing new propulsion and avionics systems.
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Aircraft

Embraer, Raizen Partner on SAF at Farnborough

Embraer and renewable fuels producer Raizen sign LOI at Farnborough on producing SAF for the the manufacturer’s flight operations.
Engines

Pratt & Whitney Pursues Transformation Through Digitalization

Well into its digitalization mission, Pratt & Whitney believes the process will lead to further agility and efficiency throughout the organization.
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Engines

GE Automation R&D Center Focuses on MRO Challenges

Having developed automation solutions for GE Aviation plants worldwide, GE Bromont is automating inspections for engine MRO.
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Aircraft

War Makes for Grim Prospects for Ukraine's Aviation Industry

Ukraine's aviation industry was faltering before the war with Russia and is now almost completely destroyed.
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Engines

P&W Explores Printing Engine Parts with Velo3D Tech

Pratt & Whitney parent Raytheon Technologies acquires Velo3D Sapphire XC additive manufacturing printer and software.
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Engines

Green Infrastructure Critical to Hydrogen Propulsion’s Success

Hydrogen’s success as a zero-CO2 emissions aviation fuel depends largely on its production and distribution using renewable energy at huge scale.
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Aircraft

Aviation's Electric Dreams Fast Approach Reality

Several electric aircraft developers and partners supporting them with new propulsion technology expect to see their wares in service within a few years.
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Engines

Duncan To Receive 20 TFE731 Engines from EAP

Engine Assurance Program is providing 20 TFE731 turbofan engines to Duncan Aviation over the next 12 months.
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