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News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.
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Snecma chief says time is right for SM-X turbofan
Snecma’s announcement in January that it is to develop the new SM-X turbofan for small regional airliners and mid-sized/large business jets took many by su
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Safran’s Bechat lays out strategy for small engine battle with GE
Since Snecma dropped the idea of taking a share in General Electric’s GEnx turbofan program the two long-time partners now find themselves competing in
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Safran profits from spirit of Sino-French cooperation
Sichuan Snecma Aero-engine Maintenance Co.
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Snecma develops new bizav engine
French engine maker Snecma is here at Asian Aerospace 2006 courting prospective partners and applications for its proposed new SM-X engine.
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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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Restructured Honeywell is ready for European growth
Europe continues to be a happy hunting ground for companies selling business aviation, with more grounds for optimism very evident in the latest Business A
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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P&WC testing engine for Phenom 100
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) has started running the PW617F engine.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
