Engines

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

Engines

Dallas Airmotive Brazil Ops Expands PW500 Mx Options

Dallas Airmotive's regional turbine center in Brazil can now perform hot section inspections on Pratt & Whitney PW500 family engines.
Aircraft

How Battery and Electric Motor Tech Is Transforming Aviation

How Battery and Electric Motor Tech Is Transforming Aviation
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Advanced Air Mobility Pioneers Present to Bizav Crowd

Four companies developing electric aircraft told an EBACE Connect session how their technology could transform business aviation.
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Volocopter Launches Larger, Longer-range eVTOL Aircraft

The German urban air mobility pioneer chose to launch its new VoloConnect eVTOL model at this week's EBACE Connect event.
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Duncan Expands Engine Mx Capabilities in Lincoln

Duncan Aviation's expanded engine maintenance capabilities come with the addition of Honeywell TFE731 Heavy and HTF7000 Series Minor authorizations.
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Wright Electric Advances Plans For Electric Airliner

The electric propulsion specialist has demonstrated an inverter that it says will support a 2 MW motor with hybrid-electric, electric or hydrogen power.
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Dubai Conference Considers Hydrogen's Pros and Cons

Major technical, safety, and prototype challenges need to be overcome to establish the feasibility of hydrogen fuel for aviation.
Engines

Aircraft Engine Makers Mostly Agnostic on Hydrogen

Pratt & Whitney, along with rivals such as GE, Rolls-Royce, and MTU, see multiple paths to air transport's green future, with hydrogen only one of these.
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The Case For Hydrogen Powered Aircraft Gains Momentum

Pioneers are working on plans for hydrogen-powered aircraft, ranging in size from 6 to 200 seats, some of which could enter service as soon as 2025.
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European Next Generation Fighter Engine Team Takes Shape

The leading engine companies from France, Germany, and Spain have forged a framework for joint development of the engine for the Next-generation Fighter.
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StandardAero Awarded Cert for LRUs, Accessories Repair

The company's Accessories Center of Excellence facilities are certified by Honeywell and Triumph Group for repair of helo and turboprop engine LRUs.
Aircraft

Bye Electric eFlyer 800 Seeks To End King Air's Reign

Bye Aerospace says its eFlyer 800 will carry up to nine people on flights of up to 500 nm, powered by a pair of new Safran electric motors.
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Engines

GE Continues To Progress on Catalyst Engine for Denali

The engine maker approaches the milestone following completion of ice testing on the Catalyst powerplant.
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Airbus AStar Gets Power Boost

EASA has certified a 10 percent power upgrade for the Safran Arriel 2D engine in the Airbus Helicopters H125 single.
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Williams Proves 100 Percent SAF on FJ44

Turbine engine maker Williams International has successfully completed a flight test of its FJ44-4 engine on 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel.
Engines

Qatar’s Al Baker Challenges GE on Future Engine

Qatar Airways’ CEO has called on GE to accelerate efforts toward a “future-technology” engine.
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Airlines

Japan Airlines Permanently Grounds PW4000-powered 777s

JAL has accelerated the retirement of its Boeing 777s by a year.
Aircraft

British Airways Backs ZeroAvia's Plan for Hydrogen Airliner

ZeroAvia's plan for 50- and 100-seat hydrogen-powered airliners are advancing alongside several other new hybrid-electric and electric aircraft.
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Russian Engines Remain Key Issue for Ilyushin Il-114-300

Common Klimov engines in the Il-114 and Il-112 airlifter continue to present concerns.
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Rolls-Royce Starts Work on First UltraFan Engine

Planning to complete its UltraFan demonstrator by year-end, Rolls begins to build the engine’s first example in Derby, UK.
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XOJet Aviation Enrolls CL300s in JSSI Engine Program

JSSI's hourly engine maintenance program will cover XOJet Aviation's fleet of 15 Challenger 300s.
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Wideroe Goes Electric with Tecnam's P-Volt

Norway-based regional airline Wideroe is to start operating Tecnam's nine-passenger P-Volt powered by a Rolls-Royce electric propulsion system.
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MTU Maintenance Weathers 2020 Largely Unscathed

The MRO arm of MTU Aero Engines saw the number of incoming engines decline only 18 percent compared with 2019.
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Safran Gets €500 Million Loan for Clean Engine Development

The European Investment Bank will make available a 10-year credit line to Safran for the development of environmentally friendly engine technology.
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Hydrogen Pioneers Step Up Plans to Convert Regional Airliners

Universal Hydrogen is finalizing the design of its hydrogen powertrain and has forged a fuel supply agreement with new investors Plug Power.
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NASA Calls for Proposals for Electrified Powerplants

Deadline for submitting proposals to NASA for Electrified Aircraft Propulsion (EAP) technologies set for April 20.
Avionics

Automated Data Systems Extend Engine TBOs for Citations

Data acquisition and recording systems from Latitude Technologies are helping operators of older Cessna Citations extend engine overhaul intervals.
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Lessons to Be Learned From Engine Failure On a United Airlines Boeing 777 Flight

Lessons to Be Learned From Engine Failure On a United Airlines Boeing 777 Flight
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Rolls-Royce Opens Savannah Engine Support Facility

Rolls-Royce's customer support facility is adjacent to the new Gulfstream Service Center East.
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FAA Issues Emergency AD To Inspect PW4000-112 Fan Blades

The interim order by U.S. authorities to inspect all Pratt & Whitney PW4000-112s applies to some 125 Boeing 777s.