Engines

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

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Airbus To Test New High-voltage Li-ion Aviation Battery

Airbus is starting up testing on a new high-voltage lithium-ion battery system that will be used to power the EcoPulse demonstrator aircraft.
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Safran Looks To Decarbonized Future

Safran’s strategy for future powerplants is based on three pillars: more efficient engines, hybrid-electric technologies, and sustainable aviation fuel.
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Safran Helo Engines Emerges a Stronger Firm Post Covid

Safran Helicopter Engines expects a 15 percent increase in year-over-year deliveries.
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Spain Selects P&WC Engines for 36-Helicopter Order

Spain's government has selected Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW206B3 engine for its order of Airbus H135 light-twin helicopters.
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GE Honda HF120 Hits Milestone

The GE Honda Aero Engines HF120, which powers the HondaJet, has surpassed 200,000 flight hours since its 2015 entry-into-service.
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Leonardo Aims For Hybrid-powered AW09

In efforts to assess helicopter hybrid propulsion, Leonardo has selected its single engine AW09 on which to build its hybrid prototype.
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P&WC Expands Options in Spare Engine Program

Pratt & Whitney Canada has added a lease-to-own option in its spare engines program.
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Airbus, CFM To Fly Hydrogen-powered A380 Demo by 2026

Testing of a hydrogen-powered A380 would help Airbus meet its stated goal of introducing a narrowbody-class commercial aircraft by 2035.
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Rolls-Royce Taps FACC for Pearl 10X Composite Parts

Rolls-Royce has selected Austria-based FACC to develop and manufacture the complete composite package for the Pearl engine to power the new Falcon 10X.
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ST Engineering to Offer Quick-Turn Support For Leap-1B Engines

The Singapore-based maintenance, repair and overhaul provider will provide quick-turn servicing of the Boeing 737 Max turbofans by the end of 2023.
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Honeywell's Latest-generation Turboshaft to Power Defiant X

A state-of-the-art reworking of the trusted T55 engine will power the Defiant X, which is bidding to win the U.S. Army’s Black Hawk replacement program.
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ST Engineering Highlights Variety of Technology Solutions

ST Engineering has the largest pavilion in the Singapore Airshow exhibit hall, where it is highlighting aviation, defense, and smart city solutions.
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Leasing Group BOC Selects Leap Engines For A320neos

CFM International will supply eight shipsets of Leap-1A turbofans to power A320neo narrowbody airliners in BOC Aviation's lease portfolio.
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OEMs Still See Massive Market for Commercial Turbofans in Asia

Together, the nations of the Asia-Pacific region will account for nearly half of all commercial-jet deliveries in the next 20 years, engine OEMs reckon.
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Worsening U.S.-China Aviation Trade Ties to Cost $875 Billion

U.S. administrations have grappled over the optimal stance to take towards China.
Ambassador Katherine Tai
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Asia-Pacific Region Will Embrace Green Aviation Technology

Singapore and the wider Asia-Pacific region are poised to serve as a fulcrum for new sustainable aviation technologies.
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Honeywell Engines Selected for Defiant X

Honeywell’s new HTS7500 turboshaft has been selected to power the Lockheed Martin Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant X.
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UK Industry Group Floats Plan For 75-seat Hydrogen Airliner

The UK's Aerospace Technology Institute published a new FlyZero report, but is still awaiting a government decision on funding for zero carbon plans.
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Asia-Pacific Claims Key Role in Advanced Air Mobility Revolution

Along with China, Japan, South Korea and Australia, Singapore is set to be an early adopter of air taxi and cargo services operated by new eVTOL aircraft.
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New Standards Proposed for Engine Emission Testing

The U.S. EPA has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to adopt particulate matter emission standards and test procedure for turbine airplanes.
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New Fuel Cell Venture Launched For 90-Seat Hydrogen Airliner

The UK's Electric Aircraft Group says its hydrogen-powered airliner will be able to carry 90 passengers on sectors of up to around 1,200 nm from 2030.
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GE Aviation Looks To Test Catalyst Using 100% SAF

The turboprop Catalyst also shows promise for hybrid-electric power, according to GE Aviation.
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Airlines Back Embraer eVTOL Subsidiary's Plans to Go Public

With new airline orders in hand, Eve is merging with Zanite and intends to float share on the New York Stock Exchange in the second quarter of 2022.
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Aussie Firm Picks P&WC PT6A for Modernized Albatross

Amphibian Aerospace Industries has selected the P&WC PT6A-67F engine for its modernized version of the Albatross amphibious twin.
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Damning Senate 737 Max Report Also Cites GE9X Concerns

The scope of a new report on 737 Max problems from the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee extends to the GE9X engine for the 777X.
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De Havilland Canada, ZeroAvia Partner on Hydrogen for Dash 8

ZeroAvia and De Havilland Aircraft of Canada have signed an MoU calling for development of a hydrogen-electric propulsion program for the Dash 8-400.
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UAL Invests in ZeroAvia, Eyes Hydrogen Conversion Kit for RJs

Joining Alaska Airlines in a $35 million round of financing, United Airlines has taken purchase rights on 100 of ZeroAvia’s hydrogen-electric powerplants.
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StandardAero 'Being Methodical' in Signature ERO Merger

StandardAero official expects integration of Signature ERO acquisition to continue into 2022.
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Bizjet Proves Worth on Regional Roadshow

Sean Lynch is building a successful business by using a classic jet for face-to-face sales calls.
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StandardAero Donates JetStar Engine to A&P Program

StandardAero's donation of a TFE731-3 engine will be used to familiarize Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics Myrtle Beach students with older engines.
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