Engines

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

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CFM Leap-1C Wins Certification as C919 Approaches First Flight

Integrated propulsion system gains dual EASA-FAA approval
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Lufthansa Technik, GE JV To Build Polish MRO Facility

Companies expect operations to start in 2018
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Safran Opens Automated Turbine Blade Manufacturing Plant

New line features several robots and automated cells capable of performing every process from raw material to finished, ready-to-assemble turbine airfoils.
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StandardAero Inks CF34 Support Deal with GE Aviation

The agreement will see the Arizona-based MRO provider offer Bombardier Challenger On-Point program customers engine hot secton and overhaul support.
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Safran’s Move Into Business Aviation is Back on Track With Silvercrest Engine

Safran’s Move Into Business Aviation is Back on Track With Silvercrest Engine
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AIN Exclusive: The Higgs Diesel

The Higgs step-piston two-stroke engine applies new technology to an old idea.
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Duncan Selects Atec for Engine Test Cell Expansion

Aircraft services provider will expand heavy maintenance capability.
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Rolls-Royce Expands Service Network With CorporateCare Growth

Duncan Aviation, Embraer and ExecuJet are expanding their roles in the Rolls-Royce engine support network
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Casebank Showcasing Troubleshooting Software

Installed on G500/ G600; will communicate with P&WC engines
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FAA Issues STCs For New True Blue Batteries

True Blue TB44 batteries can now be installed on Cessna Caravan and Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft.
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More Engine Data Means More Effective Trend Monitoring

Jet-Care is expanding the scope of the engine performance data that it can now trend for operators through its gas path analysis service.
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GE Bringing ‘Additive Value’ to Aircraft Engines

The push into more additive content would reduce cost and weight, while improving reliability.
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Gulfstream’s Switch to PurePower for G500/600 Engines Pays Off

The G500 and G600 are powered respectively by Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW814GA and PW815GA turbofans.
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Textron Selects Silvercrest to Power Cessna Citation Hemisphere

Safran says it has now fixed all performance sustainment problems for the Silvercrest engine powering Dassault's new Falcon 5X.
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P&WC Reports Strong Response to Eagle Service Plans

Pratt & Whitney Canada is offering 400 flight hours of free coverage for new PT6A operators.
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GE Honda Aero Engines Poised to Add to Turbofan Family

The HF120’s key attributes are factors that will carry through to larger engines in the GE Honda Aero family.
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StandardAero and Cycle Aviation Ink Support Deal

Ariz.-based StandardAero will provide PT-6 turboprop engine service at two East Coast Cycle Aviation MRO locations.
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Rolls-Royce Performs First Run of UltraFan Gearbox

Event marks start of testing at company's Attitude Rig in Dahlewitz, Germany
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CD Aviation Services Upgrades TPE331 Test Rig

The Joplin, Mo. authorized Honeywell service provider says the move will imrprove its response times.
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Full GE9X Engine Completes First Round of Ground Testing

Preparations underway for ice testing
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Heli-One Joins P&WC Field Support Network

The Canadian MRO provider has a long history of servicing Pratt & Whitney Canada powerplants.
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P&WC Showcases FAST Prognostic Initiatives at Helitech

Program promises to reduce unscheduled engine removals.
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GE Begins Full Fate Engine Tests

The military technology could have applications for civil rotorcraft.
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Manufacturers Announce Army Engine Program Developments

Advanced Turbine Engine Company and GE Aviation reported developments in separate U.S. Army engine development efforts.
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Product Support Survey 2016: Part 3 Engines

GE leads in turbofans, Honeywell claims top honors among turboprop OEMs
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QTA's Composite Inner Barrel STC'd for Gulfstream G200

Retrofit provides a solution to corrosion issues with the original aluminum honeycomb inner acoustic barrels in PW300-series engines.
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The Changing Face of Predictive and Preventive Aircraft Engine Maintenance

How P&WC is innovating in the market to reduce maintenance costs, enhance service to customers and increase aircraft availability.
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Pratt Cuts GTF Delivery Target as Output Lags

Delayed fan blade deliveries identified as primary culprit
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Accidents

Southwest Engine Probe Reveals Fatigue Crack in Fan Blade

Investigators yet to find missing piece of broken fan blade
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Safran Delivers First U.S.-built Arrius 2R to Bell

The 2R was certified in December 2015 and is slated to power the Bell 505 JetRanger X light single.