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News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.
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Williams leads turbofans, Honeywell tops in t-props
In 2009 the annual Product Support Survey produced by NBAA Convention News’ sister publication Aviation International News Williams Internati
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New engine programs
The design of new airframes always depends heavily on availability of new engine types.
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Japan Joins Green Asia and Pacific Aviation Partnership
Japan has become the latest partner in the Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (Aspire), joining the FAA, Airservices Australia and Airways New
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2009 Product Support Survey - Part 3: Engines
For reasons that are not clear, every engine manufacturer scored fewer points in this year’s survey than in
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GE Honda Powers Up HF120 Program
Assembly has begun at GE’s manufacturing facility in Lynn, Mass., on the first production GE Honda HF120 engine that will be used for FAA certification tes
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GE To Test New Turboprop Derivative
GE Aviation will soon start certification testing of its new 800-shp H80 turboprop engine, derived from the Walter M601.
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GE To Certify Derivative of Walter M601 Turboprop
GE Aviation will soon start certification testing of its new 800-shp H80 turboprop engine, which is derived from the Walter M601.
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Rolls-Royce Moving Forward with G650 Engine Testing
Rolls-Royce is proceeding with ground tests of the BR725 turbofan destined to power the Gulfstream G650 business jet.
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Rolls-Royce BR725 Engine Gets EASA OK
Rolls-Royce on June 24 received EASA certification for its 16,000-pound-thrust BR725 engine.
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Rolls-Royce BR725 Engine Approved by EASA
Rolls-Royce yesterday received EASA certification for its 16,000-pound-thrust BR725 engine.
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GE to test open-rotor fan engine
GE Aviation and NASA are to ground test five sets of new subscale blades for open-rotor engines at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Mitsubishi keeps MRJ on course; critical design review under way
Development of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation’s MRJ regional jet continues on schedule, as some 800 engineers, designers and subcontractors in Nagoya, Jap
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Paris'09 News Clips
GPS Location Downlink Completes Testing
AeroMechanical Services has completed testing of an upgrade to its automated flight information reporti
AeroMechanical Services has completed testing of an upgrade to its automated flight information reporti
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Honeywell Engine Deal for USAF Worth $400M
Honeywell is celebrating a further $400 million worth of orders for its TPE331 engine following a U.S.
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Engine Choice Still Up in the Air for Falcon SMS
Dassault Aviation CEO Charles Edelstenne on Friday made it clear that all design choices for its next Falcon business jet, a super-midsize aircraft codenam
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Etihad blesses engine makers with historic $14B in orders
Etihad Airways has completed engine selections for the massive aircraft orders it revealed at last year’s Farnborough airshow, in deals now totaling $14 bi
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Geared turbofan is green leader, says MTU
German-based engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines is here at the Paris Air Show (Hall 2 Stand AB 151) exhibiting a cutaway mockup of a geared turbofan.
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20 years on, IAE marks milestones on V2500
Exactly two decades ago, the consortium that was to become International Aero Engines (Hall 5, Stand B10) was formed to build an engine, the V2500, to comp
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Chromalloy to repair F108 engine modules
Chromalloy (Hall 3 Stand A33) has announced that the U.S.
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Pratt Inks Two Contracts for EcoPower Engine
Pratt & Whitney has signed two more contracts for its EcoPower engine washing service.
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Rolls-Royce To Research UCAV Powerplant
Rolls-Royce has signed a jointly funded research and technology contract with the UK ministry of defense.
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Controp Adds To Sensor Payload Range
Israeli EO/IR expert Controp has added a number of new products to its extensive range of sensor payloads, and they are on display here on its stand in the
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Orders drop at CFM, but LEAP-X goes on
New engine orders slumped badly for CFM International during the first five months of this year.
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Delta, Japan Airlines Select GE for Engine Service
GE Aviation has signed two separate 10-year OnPoint engine service agreements with Delta Air Lines and Japan Airlines subsidiary J-Air.
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C-17 Engine Wash Helps To Improve Reliability
Pratt & Whitney’s EcoPower engine wash for the F117 turbofan is helping the worldwide C-17 fleet achieve an 85-percent mission-capable rate, despite the ai
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Safran/GE progress new nacelle venture for future powerplant
Safran and General Electric are stepping up activities at their newly formed nacelle joint venture with the appointment of Steve Walters as president.
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Korean Air Opts for P&W Engines for Six A330s
Korean Air has selected Pratt & Whitney’s PW4170 Advantage70 engine to power six new Airbus A330s it has on order.
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Second-generation GTF is already on Pratt’s radar
The downturn in demand in some of its markets has not dented the ardor of engine maker Pratt & Whitney for developing new technology.
