Engines

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

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The push to make engines cheaper and greener

Honeywell Aerospace’s new HTF7000 powerplant family promises “game-changing” progress on improving engine reliability and reducing operating costs.
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Honeywell Continuing Falcon Upgrades

Honeywell (Booth No.
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Dirty King Air stacks are taken to the cleaners

A visit to Frakes booth will not only reveal how to avoid getting ugly exhaust stack soot stains on turboprop nacelles but also how to prevent oil stains f
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GE Honda Hones HF118-2 Engine

GE Honda Aero Engines (Booth No.
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It may be ‘back to the future’ in next-generation jet engines

CFM International is including a contrarotating ducted fan engine in studies of concepts that might provide the quantum leap in fuel efficiency, noise redu
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A350 engine questions loom

Airbus’ confirmation that it is to go ahead with the A350 XWB, requiring much higher thrust engines than the original A350, has put the cat among the pigeo
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Lessors Select Rolls for Boeing 787s

International Lease Finance Corporation has selected Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines worth a potential $600 million to power up to 20 Boeing 787s from 2010.
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P&W Wins Kingfisher Business

Pratt & Whitney has been chosen to power Kingfisher Airlines’ fleet of new Airbus A330s with its PW4168A turbofan.
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P&W Assures CFM of Parts Quality

Pratt & Whitney has revealed the first newly manufactured components its Global Materials Solutions subsidiary has produced for the rival CFM56-3 engin
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Small Turbofan Makes First Run in France

The 560-pound-thrust DGEN380 turbofan engine recently made its first run in Tarnos, France, start-up company Price Induction announced.
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P&WC testing engine for Phenom 100

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has started running the PW617F engine.
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Rolls-Royce vying to become major global player in MRO

After celebrating a bumper year in 2005, Rolls-Royce is pushing ahead with a huge program of reorganization to capitalize on its increasingly strong global
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Turbomeca To Power U.S. Army UH-145s

Turbomeca will power the 322 twin-engine UH-145 helicopters the U.S.
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Engine to power Superjet makes successful first run

PowerJet, the 50/50 partnership between France’s Snecma and Russia’s NPO Saturn, successfully ran up the first SaM146 engine for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 on
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Falcon 50 Engine Upgrade Expected By Year-end

Premier Aircraft of East Alton, Ill., continues to work with Honeywell on an engine upgrade program for the Falcon 50.
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Engine maker waits out A380 delay

Delays to the A380 program have not made things any easier for major suppliers such as the Engine Alliance (Hall 4 Stand A9), which currently has its first
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P&W prepares to deliver rivals’ parts in early ’07

After announcing the launch of its Global Material Solutions (GMS) division in February, engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has been busy making and testi
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New GE/Honda Engine Finds Another Customer

Spanish Fort, Utah-based Spectrum Aeronautical also selected the new GE/Honda HF120 turbofan to power a proposed $6.2 million midsize business jet called t
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Upgraded Version of CFM Engine Certified

The CFM56-5B turbofan, an option on the Airbus Corporate Jetliner and A318 Elite ultra-large business jets, is now certified in an improved version.
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Sikorsky Powerplant Test Successful

The new Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) PW210S turboshaft engine that will power the Sikorsky S-76D successfully completed its first run on Tuesday, the engin
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Finger on the pulse of Pratt’s global position

Recently appointed Pratt & Whitney president Steve Finger is in no doubt about his company’s position in the global marketplace.
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Geared Turbofan Promises Game Change

The geared turbofan (GTF) is Pratt & Whitney’s “game changing” stake in the future of propulsion for the coming new generation of single-aisle aircraft tha
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Despite banner ’05, jury still out on Safran

Safran (Hall 4 Stand B12), the offspring of last year’s somewhat surprising merger of French engine giant Snecma and communications group Sagem, claims to
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Volvo delivers extra life to Gripen engine

Volvo Aero has delivered a number of post-certification enhancements to the RM12 twin turboshaft engine that powers the Saab Gripen.
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Orders by discount lines sustain CFM sales surge

Engine manufacturers are enjoying the boom in civil aircraft sales as much as other suppliers, but this does not mean the battle for orders is any less tou
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Piper Selects FJ44-3A Version To Power PiperJet

At AOPA Expo yesterday Piper announced it had selected a variant of the Williams International FJ44-3A turbofan to power its new PiperJet.
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Williams-powered Citation Conversion Gets STC

Citation modification specialist Sierra Industries last week received an STC for its Stallion conversion, a Citation 500/501 powered by Williams FJ44-2A tu
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Honeywell offers customers new service initiatives

Honeywell jump-started its 2006 NBAA Convention appearance by announcing a series of customer support initiatives as the Orlando gathering began.
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10K engines the new hot topic

For the last few years, much of the buzz in the turbine engine world has focused on the new small powerplants from Pratt & Whitney Canada, Williams and the
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PW617F Logs Phenom-enal First Flight

Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC) has successfully completed the maiden flight of its PW617F engine, selected to power the Embraer Phenom 100 very light jet (VL