All Engines news – Page 130
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PARIS: Rafael reveals latest air-to-air missile
Rafael has unveiled its longest range air-to-air missile, the I-Derby ER.
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NewsPARIS: Irkut president sets out MC-21 ambitions
Do not question Oleg Demchenko’s ambition. As the president of Irkut, the chain-smoking 71-year-old executive is leading a Russian company with little track record in the commercial market into a direct sales confrontation against Airbus and Boeing, which, Demchenko notes, will do “anything they can” to stop a new competitor.
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PARIS: Turkish regional aircraft may feature P&W engines
Plans for regional aircraft development and production in Turkey have been laid out by 328 Group, including the likely selection of engine suppliers and a first tentative order for 50 jets.
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PARIS: ITP to produce LPT for Trent 7000
ITP is to produce the low pressure turbine (LPT) for the Trent 7000 engine for the Airbus A330neo, as a risk and revenue sharing partner through the entire life of the programme. The Spanish company will be responsible for the design, manufacture and assembly of the LPT module. In addition, ...
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NewsPARIS: CFM tests supply chain readiness for Leap service entry
“This is one of the best decisions for your company for the next 20 years.”
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NewsPARIS: Airbus in early talks over moderate A380 stretch
Airbus has strongly hinted that it is considering a moderate stretch of the A380 as part of a modernisation package tied to a potential engine upgrade on the type.
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NewsPARIS: New Chinese air show launched
A new air show is to be launched in China in 2017 in an attempt to tap into the country's burgeoning commercial aviation market.
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PARIS: Elbit launches pilot health-monitoring system
Elbit Systems has unveiled a new system that will monitor a pilot’s body condition in extreme phases of flight.
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NewsPARIS: Airbus wrangled with A320neo display options
Airbus had been discussing options for a fly-past of the A320neo at the Paris air show but scaled back its plans after technical snags halted testing with the Pratt & Whitney-powered variant.
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OpinionOPINION: How feasible is a 757 replacement?
There would have to be a market of at least 2,000 aircraft to prompt one of the big airframers to launch a product to fill the middle-of-the-market gap between their largest narrowbodies and smallest twin-aisles, Flightglobal's Ascend consultancy concludes in a new white paper.
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NewsPARIS: CFM prepares for first Leap deliveries to Comac
CFM International president Jean-Paul Ebanga has confirmed that the manufacturer will in the next few weeks deliver the first two engines to China's Comac for the C919 flight-test programme.
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OpinionOPINION: Rate 60 – a narrowbody rate too far?
Airline traffic will need to keep growing aggressively to the end of the decade to absorb production rates of 60 narrowbodies a month by each of the big two manufacturers.
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PARIS: Lockheed Martin to make its civil simulator presence felt
This year’s Paris air show will see Lockheed Martin (LM) adding its brand name to the increasingly competitive market for simulators serving civil airline crew training needs.
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NewsPARIS: CFM expects Leap-1A certification in 'coming weeks'
CFM International plans to wrap up certification testing "within the coming weeks" for the Airbus A320neo-family's Leap-1A turbofan option after completing a milestone test on 13 June, the engine maker's executive vice-president Allen Paxson has disclosed.
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NewsA330neo enters detailed design phase
Airbus’s re-engined A330neo has achieved the concept freeze point of its development, enabling detailed design work to start.
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NewsFirst A350-1000 for Qatar achieves definition freeze
Qatar Airways’ first Airbus A350-1000 has reached the stage of contractual definition freeze.
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NewsPICTURE: A380 shows off illuminated decal technology
One of Airbus’s A380 test aircraft has demonstrated a new electro-luminescent display technology designed for external use on aircraft.
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Airbus and Aerospace Valley foster eco-innovation
A programme to foster innovation created by Airbus and the Aerospace Valley industry R&D cluster in France’s Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrénées regions has selected a group of four projects to support, following a 2014 call for ideas that attracted 59 applications.
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NewsFirst A321neo rolls out for test-equipment installation
Airbus has completed the initial assembly work on its first A321neo at its German Hamburg Finkenwerder plant.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How will Boeing fill a 757-sized hole?
What kind of aircraft should occupy the yawning gap in size and capability that separates a 180-seat 737 Max 9 with a range of 3,600nm (6,670km) from a 7,850nm-range, 242-seat Boeing 787-8?