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

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All New CFM Leaps Now Have CMC Coating Fix

CFM began delivering new Leap engines with the permanent CMC environmental-barrier coating fix in June

Engine Core Included in Bird-ingestion Testing Proposal

The proposed test consists of firing at the aircraft engine core the equivalent to the largest bird currently required.

Nordam Halts PW800 Nacelle Production

The PW800 nacelle production suspension is due to a contract dispute between Nordam and Pratt & Whitney Canada.

CFM Confident Leap Production Can Catch Up Soon

LEAP deliveries are four weeks behind schedule but the lag is lessening every month, and could be gone by year-end.

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ATSB Study Finds Turboprop Engines Safe, Reliable

There were approximately 2.2 occurrences every 10,000 flight hours over the five-year study period.

P&W Outlines New Plan for F-35 Engine Upgrades

The company’s Growth Option 2.0 program now focuses on near-term upgrades rather than long-term development of an all-new engine.

Rolls-Royce Finds New Trent 1000 Durability ‘Issues’

Package B IPCs now subject to scrutiny

Safety and Environmental Benefits Make Case for Bizav FDM

Although FDM is required only in larger aircraft, NetJets Europe uses it in all of its models.

Rolls-Royce Steps Up Efforts to Fix Troubled Trent 1000 Engines

Number of 787 AOGs could peak to 50 ahead of June 9 inspection deadline

GE's Catalyst Readies for Certification Testing

The process on the engine destined to power Cessna's new Denali turboprop, will kick off with altitude and ingestion testing.

Rolls-Royce Pearl 15 Marks Launch of New Engine Family

The Pearl 15 brings improved efficiency, reduced emissions and noise, and better performance within the same nacelle package as for the BR700 family.

Cessna Completes First Denali Flight-test Articles

Single-engine turboprop has entered a new stage of development, with many test articles now fabricated.

P&WC PW800-series Ready for Service Duty

While the engine maker prepares for the PW800's entry into service on the Gulfstream G500 and G600, the Dassault Falcon 6X is waiting in the wings.

P&WC Focuses on Prognostication

Through its FAST engine analysis, the engine maker is looking to make unscheduled repairs a thing of the past.

Pratt & Whitney To See Major Part of $15 Billion UTC Investment

Expenditures to come over five years and include 35,000 more hires in U.S.

N1 Offers Specialized Engine Mx Program

The Smart Engine Program is a specialized engine program through which customers only pay for the maintenance they receive.

Airbus To Raise Monthly Narrowbody Production to 63

Pulls trigger despite stiff resistance from already stretched suppliers

Airbus and Rolls-Royce Agree to Team on UltraFan Integration

Airframer says its powerplant integration expertise to play an important role in aiding fuel efficiency gains of UltraFan demonstrator

UTC Sees Supply Chain Struggling With Narrowbody Rate Hikes

Shortage of skilled manpower stands as a crucial issue for aerospace vendors

FAA Issues Emergency AD on CFM56 Turbofans

Airworthiness directive to mandate ultrasound inspections of engine type involved in uncontained failure aboard Southwest Airlines 737

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