Engines

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

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Safran, India's HAL Launch New Helicopter Engine JV

Safran and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited have created a new joint venture in India to develop, produce, sell, and support helicopter engines.
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Bristow Secures New Mx Agreements for AW139 Fleet

Bristow Group's new long-term maintenance agreements with Leonardo Helicopters and Pratt & Whitney cover airframes and engines.
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Start-up Promises All-electric Propulsion For 100-Seater Airliners

H3X is working on a 2.8 MW electric motor drive that it says will have the power density and redundancy needed to convert 50- to 100-seat aircraft.
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StandardAero Marks Honeywell Engine Milestone

StandardAero inducts 1,000th Honeywell HTF7000-series turbofan.
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Rolls-Royce Launches New Turbogenerators for Hybrid Aircraft

Rolls-Royce is developing new-generation turbogenerator technology that will be the basis for small engines to power hybrid-electric aircraft.
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Rolls-Royce's Engine Mx Program Reaches Milestone

Rolls-Royce has signed the 1,000th CorporateCare Enhanced engine maintenance program contract.
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Otto Reveals Plan for Hydrogen-powered 19-Seat Celera

Otto Aviation has confirmed plans for a 19-seat, hydrogen-powered version of its Celera aircraft that could be operated on flights of up to 1,000 nm.
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Rolls-Royce, Purdue Agree to $75M Research Deal

Purdue called the 10-year, $75 million deal with Rolls-Royce the largest involving an industry partner in its history.
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StandardAero Expands Mobile Engine Support in EMEA

The engine support expansion comes after StandardAero's acquisition of Signature Aviation's engine repair and overhaul business.
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Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X Accumulates 1,000 Hours

The newest member of the Rolls-Royce Pearl family is progressing toward service entry aboard the Falcon 10X in 2025.
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Airbus To Open Hydrogen Tech Development Center in UK

A new Airbus Zero Emission Development Center in Filton, UK, will concentrate on the development of a cryogenic fuel system for hydrogen-powered airliners.
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PT6E: A Classic Turboprop Goes Digital

Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PT6 engine is now in its seventh decade, and in its latest PT6E form remains at the forefront of turboshaft technology.
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GE Runs Passport Engine on 100 Percent SAF

GE has run its Passport engine on 100 percent SAF and will the use engine to develop advanced technologies.
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P&WC Offering New Engine Exchange, Videos

Engine maker Pratt & Whitney Canada arrives at EBACE 2022 with announcements regarding a new engine exchange program and new support services.
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Rolls-Royce Sees Electric Aviation Future

Rolls-Royce sees UAM and commuter markets as the path to electric airliners.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Raises Green Bar with Eco Jet, Declarations

The manufacturer sees a blended wing as the basis for a quantum leap in carbon reduction, and is now auditing the environmental credentials of current jets
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Aircraft

Electric Power, Pioneers Drive EBACE Panel

Eviation’s Alice and VoltAero’s Cassio make case at EBACE for all-electric and hybrid-electric fixed-wing aircraft
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Textron Enters Electric Aviation Age With Pipistrel Acquisition

Textron's Pipistrel subsidiary could catapult the company into the electric aviation age, with drones, hydrogen propulsion, and eVTOL vehicles in the mix.
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MagniX Steps Up Electric Caravan Plans with New Leader

MagniX has plans to convert several aircraft, including the Grand Caravan and the DHC-2 Beaver to electric propulsion.
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Aircraft

Lilium Teams with Honeywell and Denso for eVTOL Motors

A lightweight electric motor will power each of the 30 fan engines on Lilium's seven-passenger eVTOL aircraft, which is expected to enter service in 2025.
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Hydrogen Innovator's Big Propulsion Plans Starts Small

Hydroplane is developing a 200 kW hydrogen fuel cell powerplant it says will be affordable for current small single-engine aircraft.
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Daher: EcoPulse To Fly by Year End

Daher's hybrid-powered EcoPulse testbed developed with Safran and Airbus is expected to take to the skies by year-end.
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Rolls-Royce Pearl 700 Engine on Home Stretch

The new Rolls-Royce engine for the Gulfstream 700 is shifting to production mode.
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Aero-Dienst Extends CF34 Engine Support Agreement

Aero-Dienst will continue supporting the CF34 engines of Challenger 600s thanks to an extended deal with GE Aviation.
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Aircraft

Piaggio Ponders Electric and Hydrogen-electric Aircraft

Piaggio has considered new propulsion systems for its P180 Avanti Evo twin turboprop, but has concluded a new airframe is required.
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Bombardier Sees Blended-wing Future for Business Jets

Bombardier's research and technology teams have been flight testing a scale-model of a blended wing airframe that could be part of a green Eco Jet design.
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GE Catalyst Nears Halfway Mark on Cert Testing

Certification testing on GE Catalyst engine is almost 50 percent complete.
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VoltAero Offers Fractional Shares in Hybrid-electric Aircraft

The manufacturer's Cassio family of aircraft will be operated by partners throughout Europe, providing flights for fractional ownership clients.
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Pratt Canada Picks Battery Supplier for Hybrid-Electric Project

Pratt & Whitney Canada has chosen Switzerland’s H55 to supply battery systems for its hybrid-electric Dash 8 demonstrator program.
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StandardAero To Acquire EB Airfoils

EB Airfoils acquisition will give StandardAero increased capability in blades, vanes, and other cold section component services.
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