Engines

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

Airbus ZeroE blended wing concept
September 21, 2020, 9:56 AM

Airbus Commits to Hydrogen Airliners Entering Service In 2035

Airbus unveiled three concepts for the aircraft, which could carry between 100 and 200 passengers on flights of up to around 2,000 nm.

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Aug 11, 2020 - 10:57 AM
QTA Delivers 200th Composite Jet Engine Inner Barrel
Quiet Technology Aerospace has delivered its 200th inlet cowl upgrade that features a carbon-fiber replacement inner barrel.
Aug 11, 2020 - 9:36 AM
Rolls-Royce Finds New Wear Problems with Trent XWB-84
Premature wear on Rolls-Royce XWB-84 engines powering Airbus A350s appears unrelated to the long-standing problems associated with the Trent 1000.
MagniX eCaravan
Aug 10, 2020 - 8:39 AM
MagniX Sees Regional Operators as Electric Aviation Pioneers
Electric propulsion specialist MagniX is stepping up flight testing of electric versions of the Cessna Caravan and DHC-2 Beaver.
Aug 5, 2020 - 10:36 AM
StandardAero Launches Bizjet Engine Trading Division
The company has formed a business unit to support operators with comprehensive engine trading solutions to help extend lifecycles for legacy bizjets.
Jul 30, 2020 - 11:41 AM
Boom, Rolls-Royce Ink Overture Collaboration Pact
Teams working on the proposed Boom supersonic airliner have begun studying whether they can apply an existing engine architecture from Rolls-Royce.
ZeroAvia Piper M-Class
Jul 23, 2020 - 12:18 PM
ZeroAvia Targets Commercial Hydrogen Aircraft Ops by 2023
ZeroAviation is flight testing a hydrogen-powered six-seat aircraft, but says that by 2040 the technology could carry 200 people more than 3,000 nm.
Ardiden 3TP
Jul 22, 2020 - 12:07 PM
Safran, ZF Aviation Team on Ardiden 3-based Turboprop
Safran Helicopter Engines and ZF Aviation Technology have signed an MoA to offer a turboprop engine based on the Safran Ardiden 3 turboshaft.
Hyundai eVTOL
Jul 22, 2020 - 5:00 AM
Rethink of Aviation's Future Boosts the Case for Electric Aircraft
The race to bring new eVTOL aircraft to market for air taxi services is only part of a wider push to advance plans for hybrid and all-electric aircraft.
ZeroAvia hydrogen aircraft
Jul 21, 2020 - 11:13 AM
Roland Berger Calls for Incremental Green Steps to Net Zero
Roland Berger this week published a roadmap to get the aviation industry to achieve its net zero environmental goals by 2050.
Jul 20, 2020 - 4:00 AM
Pratt & Whitney Finds Silver Lining in Pandemic
Geared turbofan fixes accelerate as Pratt & Whitney gains more ready access to fleets.