Engines

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

Engines

Rolls-Royce's Pearl 15 Reaches 100th Mark

Rolls-Royce handed over the 100th Pearl 15 turbofan to Bombardier less than two years after the engine entered service on the Global 6500.
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GAMI Gains FAA STC for High-octane Unleaded Avgas

An unleaded replacement for leaded 100LL avgas is on the short-term horizon and may solve a difficult problem for general aviation.
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Pratt & Whitney Augments PT6 Engine Support

Enhanced support applies to select Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A and PT6E-series turboprop engines.
Aircraft

Blackhawk Marks STC Milestone

Blackhawk Aerospace's milestone STC covers its XP67A Engine+ upgrade for the Beechcraft King Air 300.
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Rolls Readies Hybrid Airliner Propulsion Trials

Rolls-Royce has delivered the generator and related power electronics for its new electric propulsion system to its testbed in the UK.
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Electrification, Automation Could Transform Regional Air Service

Experts says more energy-efficient propulsion and autonomous flight technology could significant cut the cost of carrying a smaller numbers of passengers.
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Surf Air Mobility Bets Big on Hybrid-electric Caravan

Surf Air Mobility plans to STC an electric-hybrid powertrain for its newly ordered fleet of Cessna Grand Caravan EXs.
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Hartzell Acquires Pre-heat Product Maker Tanis

Hartzell Propeller will move Tanis production to Ohio.
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Pratt & Whitney Hybrid-electric System To Fly in a Dash 8 in 2024

The governments of Canada and Quebec have committed to providing half of a C$163 million investment in Pratt Canada’s hybrid-electric demonstrator program.
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Pratt & Whitney Opens Tech Engine Parts Facility

Pratt & Whitney's ceramic matrix composites engineering and development facility has created more than 60 jobs in Southern California.
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Additive Manufacturing Gains Altitude as Technology Matures

More aerospace companies are looking to exploit the design flexibility, cost efficiency, and greater sustainability delivered by additive manufacturing.
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Safran Moves Ahead with SAF Testing For Helicopter Engines

Safran’s helicopter engine division is reporting advances in its adoption of sustainable aviation fuel.
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StandardAero Wraps Up Signature's ERO Buy

StandardAero's acquisition of Signature Aviation's engine repair and overhaul business was announced earlier this year.
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Airlines

GE’s Slattery Calls Hydrogen Power the ‘Real Nirvana’

Airlines believe in the “noble cause” of reducing carbon emissions, said GE Aviation CEO John Slattery.
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Jet East, TES Partner on APU, Engine AOG Services

The partnership gives Jet East access to Turbine Engine Specialists' rental bank of Honeywell 36-100 and 36-150 APUs.
Aircraft

XTI Partners With Xeriant To Develop TriFan VTOL

XTI believes its fixed-wing, ducted fan VTOL aircraft will be bought by operators currently using existing business aircraft and helicopters.
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Airbus Starts Work on Hydrogen Fuel Tanks for Airliners

Airbus has set up Zero Emissions Development Centers in France and Germany to develop cryogenic hydrogen fuel tanks for its planned Zero E airliners.
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GE, Safran Launch Green Open-rotor Engine Development

The CFM Rise program aims to achieve a 20 percent improvement in fuel burn and emissions by 2035.
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Safran Arrano Helicopter Engine Gets FAA Nod

Safran Arrano engine approval brings FAA certification closer for Airbus Helicopters H160.
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Rolls Starts Testing New Hybrid-electric Propulsion System

Testing begins on the first elements of Rolls-Royce’s 2.5-megawatt Power Generation System 1.
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Russia Readies Indigenous PD-8 for Superjet Re-engining

United Engine Corporation has assembled the first PD-8 engine core.
Aircraft

OEMs All in on SAF Development

Of all sustainability efforts underway, SAF appears to hold the most immediate promise of curbing CO2.
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Garmin to Provide Avionics For Converted D328eco Airliner

Deutsche Aircraft's D328eco regional airliner will have new Pratt & Whitney PW127S engines running on sustainable aviation fuel, and Garmin G5000 avionics.
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Electric Business Aircraft Development 'Creeping Up'

Between flight shaming and corporate clients interested in leaving a smaller carbon footprint, the push for electric aircraft is likely here to stay.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada Reaches PT6E Century Mark

Pilatus Aircraft was the launch customer for the engine that powers its PC-12NGX turboprop single.
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GE Aviation Extends CF34 Engine Mx Agreement with MTU

MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg has served as an authorized maintenance provider for GE Aviation's CF34 engine family since 2003.
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PAG's Keystone Acquisition Adds M250 Engine Expertise

The global fleet of M250 gas turbine engines has logged more than 250 million flight hours among 170 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft types.
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GE Aviation Stops Work on Affinity Development

GE Aviation has said that it has ended work on the Affinity engine as Aerion, which was developing the AS supersonic business jet, has ceased operations.
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Russia’s MC-21 Airliner Fitted With New Wing As Irkut Prepares to Start Flight Testing

Russia’s MC-21 Airliner Fitted With New Wing As Irkut Prepares to Start Flight Testing
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P&W Launches Carbon Offset Program for Bizjets

Pratt & Whitney has launched a carbon offset service for operators of P&W-powered business jets with engines enrolled in its ESP maintenance plan.