Engines

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

Engines

Pratt & Whitney Rolls Out Engine Fix to F-35 Fighter Fleet

The engine manufacturer is retrofitting a part of its F135 engine to resolve the problem that prevented the international debut of the F-35.
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Pratt Sharpens Focus on Supply Chain for GTF Ramp-Up

Places renewed emphasis on long-term supplier agreements
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Pratt Comfortable With Market Share On A320neo

Engine company's PW1100G now powering two Airbus narrowbodies
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Nextant's G90XT Prepares to Enter Service

Nextant's G90XT Prepares to Enter Service
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Rolls To Create Composites Center in Bristol, UK

Facility to serve as 'center of excellence' for development of carbon-titanium fan blades
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GE Honda Wins FAA Production Certificate for HF120 Engine

Latest certification means that its Burlington, N.C. facility demonstrated the repeated ability to build HF120s to type-design specifications.
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Snecma Silvercrest Schedule Slips into 2016

Flight testing taking place in San Antonio, Texas on a Gulfstream flying testbed.
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GE To Build Passport Engine at Strother Facility

GE made announcement during a March 9 ceremony attended by Gov. Sam Brownback.
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Airbus In No Rush to Offer Re-engined A380

Even the offer of a new order from Emirates Airline hasn't convinced Airbus of the case for re-engining the A380 superjumbo.
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Harco and Semco Complete Business Integration

Turbine engine component specialist Harco and electronics group Semco have merged.
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Turbomeca Sees Growth in Service Sector

Engine manufacturer feels impact of weaker civil helicopter demand but is proceeding with a 3,000-shp engine program.
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GE Starts Ground Testing of CMC Parts on GE9X

Demo engine running in Peebles, Ohio
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Timken Reorganizes After Closing Overhaul Business

The Mesa, Ariz. Aerospace Aftermarket division is refocused on parts manufacturing, repair and overhaul.
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P&WC Announces Certifications, Deliveries of PW200 and PT6 Derivatives

Pratt & Whitney Canada celebrates new engine certifications and FAST engine diagnostics on AW139.
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Dallas Airmotive, H+S Aviation Eye Global Growth

Rotorcraft engines are a significant growth area for BBA Aviation’s engine repair and overhaul facilities.
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Return of the Rebuild

The popular Rolls-Royce M250 engine build returns to the Dallas Airmotive booth at Heli-Expo.
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Turbomeca Taps Into 3-D Printing for Engine Nozzles

The Arrano and Ardiden 3 turboshafts are Turbomeca’s first to have parts made with additive manufacturing.
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Surge in CFM Engine Sales Boost Safran’s Results

2014 saw even stronger sales of the CFM56 and new Leap engines.
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TRUEngine Program Surpasses 10,000 Enrollments

The program maintains the engine's residual value by establishing that an engine's content and maintenance history have been verified by GE or CFM.
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Rolls-Royce Names AIA's Blakey as North America CEO

Rolls-Royce named Aerospace Industries Association chief and former FAA administrator Marion Blakey to head its North America subsidiary.
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PW800 Engines for G500/G600 Get Transport Canada Nod

During testing, the PW800 engines logged more than 3,300 hours, including more than 350 flight hours on P&WC's Boeing 747SP flying testbed.
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Snecma and Max Aerospace Form Engine MRO in India

MAEPL will provide maintenance, repair and overhaul for CFM56 airliner engines, as well as for military aircraft turbofans.
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Textron Rolls Out First Production Cessna Citation Latitude Jet

Textron Rolls Out First Production Cessna Citation Latitude Jet
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GE Aviation Begins Flight Trials of Passport Turbofan

To date, the Passport engine has logged more than 750 hours and 300 cycles of testing on the ground.
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FAA Approves Pratt & Whitney's PurePower Engine for A320neo

Pratt & Whitney received US Federal Aviation Administration type certification of its PW1100G-JM PurePower geared turbofan engine.
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Dassault Rolls Out the First Falcon 8X Jet

Dassault Rolls Out the First Falcon 8X Jet
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Tital Acquisition to Expand Alcoa’s Aerospace Footprint

Companies expect to close deal in first quarter of 2015
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Sanctions Highlight Urgency of Aviadvigatel’s PD-14

New turbofan to power Irkut MC-21 making steady progress
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Pratt & Whitney Canada Receives EASA Approval for PW210A

Certification brings AgustaWestland’s AW169 closer to entry into service.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada Pledges $1B in Near-term R&D

Funds will be used to develop the “next generation of high-performance aircraft engines.”