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

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Honeywell Signs MoU with Aeralis for F124 Engine

Honeywell is offering its extensive product line for military applications, including non-ITAR solutions.
Aeralis modular trainer
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Rolls-Royce Gears Up for Future Flight

Rolls-Royce has a host of technology programs under way, including ultra-efficient turbines and hydrogen power.
Rolls-Royce hydrogen
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Collins Generator Will Meet Rising Military Power Needs

Collins Aerospace's 1-MW electric generator will help the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory meet future aircraft requirements.
Collins Aerospace 1MW electric generator
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GE, Clemson University Win $10M Ceramics Research Grant

GE Aerospace and Clemson University received a $10 million USAF grant to continue research on advanced ceramic-matrix materials.
GE Aerospace continues advanced materials research with Clemson University
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United Selects GTF Engines to Power A320 Family Fleet

Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engines offer improved fuel efficiency and lower emissions for United Airlines' recent order for new A321 aircraft.
United Airbus A321neo
Aircraft

Washington State Invests in Hydrogen Propulsion

Washington state just made its second $350,000 investment in ZeroAvia's hydrogen propulsion R&D facilities at Paine Field.
At the Paris Airshow on June 19, 2023, Governor Jay Inslee (left) and ZeroAvia founder and CEO Val Miftakhov (right) announced a new investment by Washington state into ZeroAvia's facilities in Moses Lake, Washington. (Photo: Hanneke Weitering)
Aircraft

VoltAero Debuts Cassio 330 Hybrid-electric Aircraft

VoltAero's hybrid-electric Cassio 330 aircraft will feature a Kawasaki engine and the new Avidyne Quantum avionics platform.
Cassio 330 prototype
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H2Fly Launches Higher Performance Hydrogen Fuel Cells

German propulsion pioneer H2Fly says the H175 family of fuel cells could power both new and existing aircraft carrying between 20 and 80 passengers.
H2Fly's H175 hydrogen fuel cell systems will power regional airliners.
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Monte Secures First Deliveries from ZeroAvia

Monte Aircraft Leasing has secured the first production slots of ZeroAvia's ZA600 hydrogen fuel cell conversion kits for regional turboprops.
ZeroAvia
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MTU Will Produce Hydrogen Fuel Cells For Regional Airliners

German aircraft engine maker MTU is working with its new electric motor subsidiary EmoSys to bring its Flying Fuel Cell powertrain to market in 2030.
MTU’s EmoSys unit
Aircraft

D328eco and Nordam Advance Sustainable Flight Options

Nordam will contribute engine nacelles for Deutsche Aircraft's D320eco twin turboprop.
Nordam and Deutsche Aircraft
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Daher Targets New Hybrid Propulsion System

A new partnership with French start-up Ascendance is likely to spur Daher’s decarbonization drive.
Daher booth
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GKN Spends Big to Chase NetZero Technology Leadership Role

UK aerospace group GKM wants to be a key enabler of the aviation industry's commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
GKN's automated fiber-placement machine.
Aircraft

Spirit To Build Composite Fuselage for Honda's New Light Jet

Spirit is adding to its aerostructures portfolio, which already includes Bombardier's business jets and various Airbus and Boeing airliners.
Honda Aircraft is developing the new HondaJet 2600 light business aircraft.
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Supercomputer Helps GE Aerospace Evaluate Open-fan Engine

GE Aviation is using the Frontier supercomputer to evaluate fluid dynamics of open-fan engines.
CFM Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (Rise) program
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Pratt & Whitney Measures Gas Turbine Emissions With Lasers

Researchers at Virginia Tech and Pratt & Whitney have discovered a new way to measure gas turbine emissions without the need for bulky sensor probes.
FRST
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Honeywell APU Upgrade for B737s Lowers CO2 Emissions

A high-efficiency upgrade for auxiliary power units on Boeing 737NG and Max airplanes can lower fuel consumption and emissions by about 2 percent each.
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Aviation Chases Carbon Cutting Quantum Leap

With climate change metrics intensifying, air transport has a mountain to climb to achieve the legally-binding net-zero carbon requirement in 2050.
JetZero's Blended Wing Body airliner concept
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F-35 Engine and Power System Upgrades On Course

The U.S. has decided to upgrade the existing F-35 engine to meet future needs rather than buy a new-generation powerplant.
Collins Aerospace EPACS
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Rolls-Royce To Test New Small Engine

Rolls-Royce's intends its new small gas turbine to power hybrid-electric aircraft being developed for the advanced air mobility sector.
Rolls-Royce small gas turbine
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Safran Validates Helicopter Hybrid Propulsion

Safran Helicopter Engines has validated its "eco mode" hybrid helicopter propulsion system for the Airbus Racer.
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Aircraft

Hydrogen Business Jet Could Turn Private Aviation Green

French start-up Beyond Aero said its hydrogen-fuel-based propulsion system will support range of up to 800 nm while carrying four passengers.
Beyond Aero BYA-I hydrogen powered business jet
Avionics

High-voltage Electric Aircraft Need Improved Connectors

TE Connectivity is displaying a wide array of high-voltage connectors for new eVTOL aircraft.
TE Connectivity is displaying high-voltage connectors for eVTOL aircraft.
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Raytheon Hybrid-electric Demo Completes 1st Engine Run

Raytheon is developing a portfolio of sustainable aviation technologies, including the STEP-Tech hybrid-electric propulsion demonstrator.
Raytheon STEP-Tech
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General Atomics Gray Eagle Flies with New Powerplant

The HFE 2.0 engine provides the MQ-1C with more power for both improved performance as well as better reliability.
Gray Eagle HFE 2.0
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With the Adaptive-cycle Engine, 'The Great Engine War' Resumes

GE and Pratt & Whitney are fighting for a place on the USAF Next Generation Air Dominance fighter.
GE XA100 engine
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ATR Touts Strong Growth Prospects

ATR, the Toulouse-based turboprop manufacturer, plans to reveal orders at the Paris Airshow and prove a sustained interest in its regional airframes.
ATR 72-600 powered by Pratt & Whitney PW127 turboprops
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MTU Backs Electric Motors for Zero-Emission Flight

Engine maker MTU acquired eMoSys, a German electric motor developer, earlier this year.
MTU booth
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Embraer and Nidec Partner on Electric Propulsion Systems

Embraer and Nidec, a Japanese manufacturer of electric motors, will jointly develop propulsion systems for electric aircraft, including Eve's eVTOL.
(L to r) Nidec’s Takamitsu Araki and Michael Briggs appear with Embraer’s Francisco Gomes Neto and Dimas Douglas Tomelin.
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Upbeat Engine OEMs Focus on R&D for Tomorrow

As orders pour in for existing engine models, engine OEMs are devoting time and money to developing powerplants for future net-zero airline operations.
AE 2100 hydrogen test