Engines

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

Engines

GE Pitches B-52’s Passport To Future

GE thinks its Passport engine used on the Bombardier Global 7500 is a strong candidate for the U.S. Air Force's upcoming B-52 engine replacement.
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Rolls-Royce Unveils Pearl 700 Engine

The new Rolls-Royce Pearl series engine will power the Gulfstream G700.
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Honeywell Designs APU for Small Jets, Turboprops

Honeywell claims the power unit can reduce fuel burn by up to 80 percent on the ground.
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Aircraft

Cessna Denali First Flight Delayed To 2020

Textron Aviation officials won't specify when the single-engine turboprop Denali will make its first flight next year.
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Aircraft

GE Aviation Execs Explain Catalyst Delay

The Catalyst turboprop engine will power Textron Aviation's new Cessna Denali, the first flight of which has been delayed.
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Williams Expands TAP Blue To Cover All FOD

Williams' TAP Blue is being expanded to cover FOD damage for all new and legacy engines.
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Artificial Intelligence at Heart of R-R Pearl 15 EVHMU

Rolls-Royce engineers have taught the Pearl 15’s engine vibration health monitoring unit to recognize patterns arising among 9,000 measured parameters.
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Aircraft

Is Urban Air Mobility Part of Business Aviation's Future?

Multiple exhibitors at the 2019 NBAA-BACE show are involved in developing technology for the fast-emerging urban air mobility sector
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Mapiex Named P&WC’s Central America Designated Maintenance Facility

Mapiex Aviation will provide line maintenance and mobile repair support for 13 PT6 turboprop and turboshaft models operating in seven countries.
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Pratt & Whitney’s PW800 Engine - How it Works

Pratt & Whitney’s PW800 Engine - How it Works
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AeroTec to Convert Rolls-Royce's Latest 747 Testbed

The UK engine company took delivery of the ex-Qantas quadjet at AeroTec’s Moses Lake test center.
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Duncan Aviation's Virtual Engine Experience. Unlike Any Other.

Duncan Aviation's Virtual Engine Experience. Unlike Any Other.
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First Flight of Dassault-configured PW812D Imminent

The PW812D in Dassault’s specified configuration will take to the air for the first time around the time of the NBAA show.
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Product Support Survey: Engines, Part 3

Two companies shared the top spot this year.
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Safran Developing New Turboprop Engine for Unmanned Market

Safran's new unmanned turboprop engine will fly up to 45,000 feet and produce fewer emissions
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Rolls-Royce Pearl 15 Wins Transport Canada Approval

The Rolls-Royce Pearl 15 engine for the Bombardier Global 5500 and 6500 has received Transport Canada certification.
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Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Issues Linger

Rolls-Royce warned that reaching the target of fewer than 10 AOGs is now delayed to the second quarter of 2020.
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Safran and Boeing Jointly Invest In Battery Specialist EPS

The investment by Safran and Boeing in EPS is expected to improve production rates and costs for electric batteries to power aircraft.
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ODK To Develop Next-gen Engine for Russian SSBJ

The company expects to have a new engine within five years.
Aircraft

Can a New Generation of Electric Aircraft Provide the Spark to Regenerate Aviation?

More than 150 new aircraft, most of them electrically-powered and many of them to be flown autonomously, are vying to radically reshape aviation's future.
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Aviadvigatel Mulls Higher-thrust PD-14s To Replace PS-90A

The Russian engine maker has engaged in talks with four domestic airframers over potential applications.
Aircraft

Pilatus Tests PC-12s with Autothrottle, EEC

Pilatus Aircraft appears to be working on an upgrade to its PC-12 turboprop single that entails a higher-power engine and electronically controlled prop.
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Kremlin To Invest $3 Billion in 35-tonne Turbofan for Il-96, CR929

The Aviadvigatel PD-35 ranks as the largest turbofan every conceived in Russia.
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Russia Relaunches Production of Engine Cores for the MiG-31

The Perm Motor Works is building new hot-section components to allow the overhaul of engines to keep the MiG-31 fleet flying until 2035.
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Aircraft

JSSI Looks To Strengthen Its Latin American Reach

The Chicago-based business aircraft support services firm has created JSSI Latin America, headquartered in Mexico City.
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Rolls Trent 1000 Fixes Progressing, Though Problems Persist

The UK engine maker has cut the loss per large engine sold to £1.3 million.
Aircraft

Boeing 777X First Flight Delayed Until 2020

Efforts continue at GE to solve premature wear condition involving the GE9X’s compressor.
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XTI Selects GE Catalyst for TriFan's Hybrid Core

GE Aviation's Catalyst turboprop engine gives TriFan 600 the power it will need at altitude, XTI Aircraft says.
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Safran Urges Russia to Make Substitutes for U.S. Engine Parts

A deal to swap vendors for the PowerJet SaM146 could extend to CFM International engines.
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Ampaire Plans To Electrify Caravan, Twin Otter

Ampaire plans to offer hybrid electric power for Cessna Caravan, Twin Otter