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News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.
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Lacking orders, Boeing poised to scrap 787-3 program
The Boeing 787-3 program appears all but dead after Boeing vice president of marketing Randy Tinseth yesterday expressed grave doubts about the market viab
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GE initiates blade tests for open-rotor mill
General Electric has started wind-tunnel testing of multiple one-fifth-scale configurations for its open-rotor engine to identify the optimum blade design.
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Honeywell’s move in Asia is now starting to pay off
Honeywell’s recent move to quite literally get closer to its defense customers around the world is paying dividends quickly in Asia, as the U.S.
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Pratt boosts Asia-Pacific engine support network
Pratt & Whitney Canada is evaluating options for expanding its customer support network in the Asia-Pacific region in response to a rapidly growing operato
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Leap-X to power Chinese airliner
The recent selection of CFM International’s LEAP-X1C engine to power the 150- to 190-seat C919 airliner family being developed by Commercial Aircraft of Co
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SIAEC, P&W partner on PW1000G mill
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) and Pratt & Whitney have signed a partnership deal that will see the Singaporean MRO provider participate in the PW1000G risk-reven
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Turbomeca looks to boost its presence in Asia Pacific
Safran’s helicopter subsidiary Turbomeca could be back in the contest to provide the powerplant for the Z15 helicopter following China’s recent decision to
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Rolls-Royce BR725 Obtains FAA Approval
In late December, the FAA granted type approval for Rolls-Royce’s BR725 turbofan, which powers the Gulfstream G650.
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Hot section: Good news for BBJ operators
A CFM56-7B powering a Boeing Next-Generation 737 for German holiday airline TUIfly has logged more than 40,000 hours on wing without a single removal, sett
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GE Picks Premier Turbines for M601/H80 Service
GE Aviation, which bought Walter Engines last year, has selected Premier Turbines as a designated repair center in North and South America for the M601 and
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GE Ready To Begin H80 Turboprop Trials
GE Aviation yesterday said that subsidiary GE Aviation Czech will begin certification testing of its new 800-shp H80 turboprop engine by the end of this mo
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P&WC PW535E Engine Gets Canadian OK
Pratt & Whitney Canada received type certification from TransportCanada for its new PW535E engine for the Embraer Phenom 300.
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Libyan airlines chooses CFM power
Libyan Airlines on Sunday selected the CFM56-5B engine to provide power for seven A320s it has on firm order, and five more on which it has options.
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Snecma, BAT team up on engine mx
French engine maker Snecma (Stand W420) and Baynuna Aviation Technology (BAT), a Abu Dhabi-based defense company, have formed a joint venture called Snecba
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Big three engine makers are on target with new technology
Recessions come and go, but the quest to develop ever more efficient engines for the next generation of single-aisle aircraft continues.
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Phenom 300’s PW535E Engine Obtains Canadian OK
Pratt & Whitney Canada yesterday received type certification from Transport Canada for its new PW535E engine for the Embraer Phenom 300 light business jet.
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P&WC Consolidating Facilities
Pratt & Whitney Canada last month announced that it is cutting 410 jobs and closing its Longueuil plant near Montreal, citing the global slowdown in th
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Snecma Powering Ahead with Silvercrest
Snecma is continuing development of its 9,500- to 12,000-pound-thrust Silvercrest engine for large-cabin business jets and RJs, with certification now expe
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Talk of Narrowbody Re-engine Prospects Intensifies
Now that Boeing and Airbus have made clear their lack of interest in introducing all-new narrowbody models before 2020, talk of any response by the industr
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Snecma Sticks with Silvercrest
Snecma is continuing development of its 9,500- to 12,000-lb Silvercrest engine for large-cabin business jets and RJs, with certification now expected in t
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NTSB Investigates Northwest Airlines Overflight
The NTSB has launched an investigation into an incident yesterday in which a Northwest Airlines Airbus A320 overflew its destination–Minneapolis-St.
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Aux tanks from Jetaire provide 3-prong fix
Jetaire Aerospace of Fayetteville, Ga., says it has exceeded the compliance requirements for the SFAR (special FAR) 88 FAA Airworthiness Directive for expl
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GE Honda HF120 Test Phase Spools Up
The first GE Honda HF120 engine has successfully started its initial test run at GE Aviation’s altitude test chamber in Evendale, Ohio, the company announc
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GE Honda spools up HF120 cert testing
The GE Honda joint venture last Thursday fired up the first conforming version of its new 2,095-lb-thrust HF120 engine currently slated for certification&n
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Nordam celebrates 40th birthday here at NBAA
Nordam, a global aerospace company serving the business, commercial and military aviation markets, is marking more than 40 years of growth at this year’s N
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Lufthansa Technik sees reasons to be optimistic
While the sales of narrow- and wide-body VIP aircraft may not be enjoying the numbers the industry has seen in recent years, Lufthansa Technik (Booth No.
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Rolls-Royce AE 3007A2 provides muscle for legacy 650
Embraer has selected the Rolls-Royce AE 3007A2 engine to power the Brazilian manufacturer’s new Legacy 650, it was announced here yesterday.
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