All Engines news – Page 512

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    Vancouver to host Aerospace NA

    1999-06-15T00:00:00Z

    North America's aerospace trade show, Aerospace North America, is to open its doors in August to suppliers and visitors from more than 80 countries at a new location in Vancouver, British Columbia. The all-sector aerospace and aviation trade show is from 10-12 August at Vancouver's premier exhibition facility, the ...

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    Engineering, Systems and Components

    1999-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Winner of the Engineering, Systems and Components award was Data Systems and Solutions for its JetSCAN engine condition monitoring tool. The company is a joint venture between Rolls-Royce and Science Applications International and its system, says the judges, represents a significant step forward in engine health monitoring capability. ...

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    Propulsion

    1999-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Rolls-Royce picked up the top award in the Propulsion category for its first full-scale engine test of the swept fan - a major improvement in fan blade technology. The fan was tested at 110,000lb thrust that marks a radical improvement in fan blade technology and promises major cost savings ...

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    Rolls-Royce clocks $88m orders for jets

    1999-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Geoff Thomas Rolls-Royce announced at Le Bourget yesterday that it has won new business worth up to $88 million for its AE 3007 engines to power Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets. Italian regional operator Alitalia Express has ordered six aircraft with options for an additional 10, with deliveries due ...

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    IAE confirms $600m in orders from leasing firms

    1999-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Geoff Thomas International Aero Engines (IAE) announced yesterday at Le Bourget that it had new, firm orders worth $600 million for its V2500 family of engines. The orders are from three international leasing companies which will use the engines to power aircraft from Airbus Industrie's A320 family. ...

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    Embraer announces record $4.9bn order

    1999-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Karen Walker Embraer has announced a stunning $4.9 billion order from Crossair for 75 firm aircraft with 125 options. The contract marks the Brazilian manufacturer's formal launch of its new ERJ-170 and ERJ-190 family of regional jets. The deal is described by Crossair president and chief executive ...

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    Engine component maker weighs in

    1999-06-14T09:52:00Z

    Paris '99 marks the first international appearance of engine component manufacturer Aero Tech Peissenberg. Despite being a relatively new name in the field, Aero Tech boasts a strong pedigree with almost 30 years' experience in its former incarnation as a branch of Motoren und Tubinen Union (MTU). Still servicing ...

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    Bearing up during centennial

    1999-06-14T09:49:00Z

    Bearing manufacturer Timken Aerospace has chosen its centennial year to make its first appearance at the Paris air show. With 55 faculties worldwide, the company recently took over Split Ball Bearings (SBB) to complete its production line. Timken counts among its customers most of the engine builders exhibiting ...

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    Johnson: eBusiness the future for AlliedSignal

    1999-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Just 24 hours before news of AlliedSignal's planned merger with Honeywell stunned the aviation community, AlliedSignal Aerospace's president and CEO Bob Johnson talked to Flight Daily News on his company's aims and prospects. AlliedSignal Aerospace had, itself, recently completed a major internal reorganisation. Commercial confidentiality obviously meant he could give ...

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    Green future for P&W's JT8D family

    1999-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Geoff Thomas Pratt & Whitney's ubiquitous JT8D-200 family of engines will now be much 'greener', thanks to a new Environmental Kit (E-Kit) combustor system which exceeds all ICAO standards for new production engines. It also qualifies for one of the world's toughest emission categories, Switzerland's Class 5. ...

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    Avro RJX project shifts to powerplant phase

    1999-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Alan Dron Members of the Avro RJX programme team will be exchanging the current damp UK summer for the heat of Arizona imminently, following successful completion of a preliminary design review of the aircraft's integrated powerplant system, it was announced at the show yesterday. The team, which has ...

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    Shenyang deal extends Sino-links

    1999-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Geoff Thomas BMW Rolls-Royce is to extend its Sino-links by signing a long-term deal with CATIC Supply and Shenyang Engine Manufacturing at Le Bourget today. The deal - to be signed by BMW Rolls-Royce's operations director Neil Ansell and a representative of CATIC - is believed to involve ...

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    Just because you asked

    1999-06-14T00:00:00Z

    "The stand has no relevance to our product - that's why people stop by," says John Donoghue of Forged Metals (FMI). "They ask: 'What exactly is it you guys do?'" Which comes as no surprise, as the stand proudly sports what is described as a 'highly modified' Citroen 2 ...

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    Corporate jet leads Airbus 30-year anniversary

    1999-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Air show veterans will recall the launch of the Airbus Industrie A300 in 1969... then raise a glass to the astonishing organisation celebrating its 30th anniversary at Le Bourget. Airbus is here in style, with a pair of firsts - showing off the Airbus A319 Corporate Jetliner (A319CJ) ...

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    Face the facts with Mike Terrett

    1999-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Mike Terrett became the new president at International Aero Engines in November, making Paris '99 his first major air show since that appointment. Terrett inherits a company that is on a roll - IAE's V2500 enjoyed spectacular success in 1998, taking 55% of the Airbus A320 market - but ferocious ...

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    Honeywell ahead in merger name game

    1999-06-13T14:04:00Z

    As the Paris air show kicks off, industry participants are once again getting used to the idea of two familiar company names being merged into a single entity. Even for an industry now familiar with consolidations, the proposed merger announcement by AlliedSignal and Honeywell, announced on the eve of the ...

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    Face the facts with... John Rose

    1999-06-13T13:46:00Z

    John Rose has been chief executive of Rolls-Royce plc since May 1996, having joined the company in 1984, and is the current president of the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC). He talked about Rolls-Royce's prospects with Alan Dron. Question: What's the best guess for when the next air transport ...

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    High-tech service extends JT9D longevity

    1999-06-13T13:37:00Z

    After more than 30 years and millions of hours of in-service time, the Pratt & Whitney JT9D turbofan's longevity is being extended, thanks to high-tech repairs by Barnes Aerospace's Windsor Airmotive division. In conjunction with P&W and the US Federal Aviation Administration, Connecticut-based Windsor Airmotive has developed two major exhaust ...

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    Further orders logged for AlliedSignal APU

    1999-06-13T13:36:00Z

    General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed an order for AlliedSignal's 131-9(A) auxiliary power unit (APU) to be fitted to its firm order for 48 Airbus A320s. The order is valued at around $48 million over the next few years and will be worth even more should GECAS ...

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    Rolls-Royce happy with Trent 500 tests

    1999-06-13T13:34:00Z

    As the Rolls-Royce Trent engine celebrates one million hours of service this week, the newest variant, the Trent 500, has begun test runs at the company's Derby, UK, factory. R-R Trent 500 project director Charles Cuddington says testing so far has gone "entirely as predicted", with the engine performing "exactly ...