Engines

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

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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.

Engines

June 14, 2009

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

Engines

June 14, 2009

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.

Engines

June 14, 2009

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.

Engines

June 14, 2009

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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.

Engines

June 12, 2009

737 changes signal no urgency for replacement

If it didn’t become immediately apparent when Boeing began alluding to time frames that implied a replacement of the 737 might not materialize until 2020,

Engines

June 9, 2009

New e-APU promises more power

Microturbo is ground testing its e-APU, a new auxiliary power unit designed for new-generation business aircraft that are expected to need more electrical

Engines

June 9, 2009

Price Induction is funded for new turbofans

Price Induction, a French startup company based in Anglet in the southwest of the country, is here exhibiting two engine mockups (Hall 3 Stand A25).

Engines

June 9, 2009

P&W freezes design of geared turbofan engines

Pratt & Whitney has (Hall 5 B20-B30) frozen the design configuration of the PW1000G geared turbofans for both the Mitsubishi Regional Jet and Bombardie

Engines

June 5, 2009

R-R forges ahead on open rotors

Rolls-Royce’s development of an open-rotor engine for the next generation of midsize airliners has taken a giant leap forward after wind-tunnel tests revea

Engines

June 5, 2009

Meeting the Operational Challenge

In both engineering and visual terms, the open rotor is a huge departure from the turbofans that power today’s aircraft.

Engines

June 5, 2009

ACARS Signals from Doomed Air France Jet Point to Catastrophic Break-Up

Brazilian search teams found more wreckage from Air Fra

Engines

June 4, 2009

Bombardier Feeling Pressure over Q400 Deferrals

Bombardier’s plans to increase production of its commercial airplanes by 10 percent this year remain intact for the time being, notwithstanding Bombardier

Engines

June 3, 2009

Engines Running as First 787 Gets Set for Maiden Flight

Boeing took a crucial step toward first flight

Engines

May 29, 2009

Price Induction Studying Contra-rotating Turbofan

French startup company Price Induction is studying an engine with a two-stage contra-rotating fan as a way to reduce fuel burn on very light jets.

Engines

May 21, 2009

GE Honda Readies HF120 for Certification Tests

The second half of this year will mark “significant certification testing milestones” for the GE Honda Aero Engines HF120, the turbofan that will power bot

Engines

May 13, 2009

Silvercrest still seeking an airframe to hang on

Snecma launched the Silvercrest core-engine demonstrator program in 2006, built the engine in 2007 and successfully completed testing of it in March 2008.

Engines

May 13, 2009

Honeywell going full throttle on avionics, engine upgrades

Honeywell is closing in on software certification for a host of long-awaited avionics upgrades that are intended to expand the capabilities of many Gulfstr

Engines

May 11, 2009

Honeywell looks to HTF7000’s future

With a 99.97-percent dispatch reliability rate, Honeywell’s HTF7000 engine–which entered service in 2004–recently passed its 500,000-hour use mark.

Engines

May 6, 2009

HondaJet, Spectrum mill on target for certification

General Electric (GE) is developing the HF120 engine jointly with Honda for the small HondaJet and midsize Spectrum S40 Freedom business jets.

Engines

May 6, 2009

Engines

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

Latest

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.

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

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.

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.

Videos

More Articles

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.

737 changes signal no urgency for replacement

If it didn’t become immediately apparent when Boeing began alluding to time frames that implied a replacement of the 737 might not materialize until 2020,

New e-APU promises more power

Microturbo is ground testing its e-APU, a new auxiliary power unit designed for new-generation business aircraft that are expected to need more electrical

Price Induction is funded for new turbofans

Price Induction, a French startup company based in Anglet in the southwest of the country, is here exhibiting two engine mockups (Hall 3 Stand A25).

P&W freezes design of geared turbofan engines

Pratt &amp; Whitney has (Hall 5 B20-B30) frozen the design configuration of the PW1000G geared turbofans for both the Mitsubishi Regional Jet and Bombardie

R-R forges ahead on open rotors

Rolls-Royce’s development of an open-rotor engine for the next generation of midsize airliners has taken a giant leap forward after wind-tunnel tests revea

Meeting the Operational Challenge

In both engineering and visual terms, the open rotor is a huge departure from the turbofans that power today’s aircraft.

ACARS Signals from Doomed Air France Jet Point to Catastrophic Break-Up

Brazilian search teams found more wreckage from Air Fra

Bombardier Feeling Pressure over Q400 Deferrals

Bombardier’s plans to increase production of its commercial airplanes by 10 percent this year remain intact for the time being, notwithstanding Bombardier

Engines Running as First 787 Gets Set for Maiden Flight

Boeing took a crucial step toward first flight

Price Induction Studying Contra-rotating Turbofan

French startup company Price Induction is studying an engine with a two-stage contra-rotating fan as a way to reduce fuel burn on very light jets.

GE Honda Readies HF120 for Certification Tests

The second half of this year will mark “significant certification testing milestones” for the GE Honda Aero Engines HF120, the turbofan that will power bot

Silvercrest still seeking an airframe to hang on

Snecma launched the Silvercrest core-engine demonstrator program in 2006, built the engine in 2007 and successfully completed testing of it in March 2008.

Honeywell going full throttle on avionics, engine upgrades

Honeywell is closing in on software certification for a host of long-awaited avionics upgrades that are intended to expand the capabilities of many Gulfstr

Honeywell looks to HTF7000’s future

With a 99.97-percent dispatch reliability rate, Honeywell’s HTF7000 engine–which entered service in 2004–recently passed its 500,000-hour use mark.

HondaJet, Spectrum mill on target for certification

General Electric (GE) is developing the HF120 engine jointly with Honda for the small HondaJet and midsize Spectrum S40 Freedom business jets.

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Pratt & Whitney has (Hall 5 B20-B30) frozen the design configuration of the PW1000G geared turbofans for both the Mitsubishi Regional Jet and Bombardie