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

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Engine for A400M transport lags in tests

It seems there is no slack left in the Europrop TP400-D6 turboprop engine program for the Airbus A400M military transport.
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EngineAlliance anxious to power Airbus A350XWB

The GE Aviation /Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance, which builds the GP7200 powering the Airbus A380 flying at the show, is ready to offer a powerplant s
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Rolls Coating Can Stand 2,100 Degrees F

Rolls-Royce’s U.S.
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Rolls-Royce Reveals New Engine Line

Rolls-Royce revealed exclusively to AIN details of an entirely new series of two-shaft engines under development to power business jets and large regional
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German Airline Picks IAE Power for A320s

Germany’s Blue Wings has selected IAE International’s V2500 engine for 20 Airbus A320s on order.
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Rolls-Royce working on new two-shaft engine

Rolls-Royce has revealed exclusively to Aviation International News details of an entirely new family of two-shaft engines under development to power busin
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Elisra highlights sensors and IR protection systems

The Elisra Group is showcasing a wide range of specialist products, from UAV sensors and IR protection systems to a new immune satellite navigation system
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P&WC eyes successor to its PT6 family

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) continues to consider a possible new turboprop design that could provide a sufficient advance on the PT6, which throu
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Rolls-Royce to power Dassault’s new jet

Dassault Aviation and Rolls-Royce are teaming in a partnership that stands to boost Rolls-Royce’s 34-percent market share in the business jet sector.
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Honda revs up its aerospace division

Honda added another element to the business plan for its aviation ventures last month, when the Japanese carmaker announced the formation of Honda Aero Inc
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House Examines False FAA Medicals

A hearing held today by the House transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on aviation sought to examine ways to reduce the level of falsifications a
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EADS SECA is approved for PW300 overhauls

Pratt & Whitney Canada has named EADS SECA, a subsidiary of EADS Sogerma Services, a designated overhaul facility for the PW300 series of turbofans.
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Harrods and Volvo team up for TFE731 support

Honeywell TFE731 maintenance shops at Harrods Aviation in Farnborough, UK, and Sweden’s Volvo Aero have signed a service agreement combining their offering
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Williams FJ33-4A certified; wraps loosening on new engine

On September 10, Walled Lake, Mich.-based Williams International received FAA type certification of its new 1,568-pound-thrust FJ33-4A.
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GE Targets T-Prop Market with Walter Buy

For many years, the one market segment that General Electric’s turbine engine-manufacturing business didn’t serve was aircraft that use smaller turboprop e
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Epic considers engine choices

At EAA AirVenture, Epic Aircraft’s single-engine Victory jet made its first public appearance.
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Turbine Engine Certification Changes Finalized

The FAA has issued two new final rule amendments covering FAR Part 33 turbine engine certification standards.
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Snecma Polishing Silvercrest for NBAA

Snecma plans to unveil a mock-up of its 9,500- to 12,000-pound-thrust Silvercrest engine, as well as divulge more details about the project, at the NBAA Co
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GE turns its attention back to the small-engine market

For General Electric, the 50/50 partnership with Honda to produce and market the HF120 turbofan is a return to GE’s roots in the small-turbine-engine marke
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Mover & Shakers: Ian Aitken

Having won the contract to supply new technology turbofan engines for the Dassault SMS, an emerging super-midsize business jet design from the French ma
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Rolls-Royce eyes additional 10K prizes

Rolls-Royce earlier this year was the surprise winner in the competition to power a new super-midsize business twinjet from Dassault with engines producing
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Work continues apace on Honeywell’s HTF10000

When Honeywell announced at last year’s NBAA Convention in Orlando its intention to build the HTF10000, a 10,000-pound-thrust turbofan engine for super-mid
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ICG introduces improved phone handset

Aeronautical communications systems provider International Communications Group (Booth No.
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Snecma sets aside $100M for Silvercrest research

Despite having lost out to Rolls-Royce in the competition to power Dassault’s still-under-wraps super-midsize Falcon, Snecma is moving ahead with developme
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Snecma moves on after loss of super-midsize competition

Jean-Pierre Cojean, Snecma executive vice president of commercial engines and head of the Silvercrest engine program, said the engine-maker was disappointe
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Mx software keeps records straight

Tdata, Inc., (Booth No.
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P&WC boss sees opportunity across entire maket spectrum

When NBAA Convention News spoke with Alain Bellemare, Pratt & Whitney Canada president, and John Saabas, senior v-p, earlier this month, Bellemare reported
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GKN plans strong push into bizav engine market

The UK’s GKN Aerospace (Booth No.
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MTU’s focus is CF34

MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg’s exhibit here (Booth No.
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Newest P&WC PT6A receives Canadian TC

Transport Canada has granted type certification for the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67P that will supersede the PT6A-67B on the Pilatus PC-12 production li