All Engines news – Page 602
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Hercules delivery
Westland Aerospace has delivered the first set of production-standard engine nacelles for the Lockheed C-130J Hercules transport. The nacelles, which incorporate the Allison AE 2100-D3 engine, will be installed on the first of three C-130J flight-test aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Northrop
Gary Brown has been named vice-president for nacelles systems at the commercial-aircraft division of airframe manufacturer Northrop Grumman of Los Angeles, California. He retains responsibility for management of the company's military-transport C-17 programme. Source: Flight International
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Rolls-Royce
Chris Hornblower is named vice-president for Seattle operations at Rolls-Royce Inc, of Reston, Virginia, the US arm of the UK aero-engine manufacturer. John Hodson, senior vice-president for engine operations, is to retire in January 1996. Hornblower was formerly director of engineering at R-R Commercial Aero Engines, at its Derby, UK ...
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CFM International
CFM International, a joint venture between France's Snecma and General Electric of the USA, continues to develop its highly successful CFM56 family of engines, and study new potential applications. The CFM56-5B DAC (double annular combustor) was certificated on the Airbus A321 and A320 in January and March, respectively, ...
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Power struggle
It is a familiar story, but Russian engine makers are suffering from a shortage of funds. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW OF ALL SECTORS IN THE Russian aviation industry, engine manufacturers are receiving probably the sharpest criticism from national media and airline operators for their apparent inability to ...
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Discovery returns to Kennedy
THE SPACE SHUTTLE STS 70/Discovery landed at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 22 July after an 8 days 22h mission. It had been launched on 13 July, a record six days after the end of the last mission, the STS71/Atlantis. The Discovery crew deployed the final TRW-built ...
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Airbus decides on CADDS, not CATIA
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has selected Computervision's CADDS over the IBM/Dassault CATIA as the consortium's future computer-aided-design system. The move to a common electronic product-definition (EPD) system will turn Airbus into a "virtual company", and improve its ability to compete with Boeing, which used CATIA for EPD ...
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ILFC orders 54 more 737s
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL LEASE Finance (ILFC) has ordered 54 Boeing 737-600/-700/-800s for delivery between November 1997 and late 2004. The manufacturer, which now holds orders for 208 next-generation 737s, has valued the ILFC deal at about $2.25 billion. CFM56-7 turbofans to power the ILFC aircraft are ...
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Yakovlev dropped from Galaxy prototype work
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT company Yakovlev is to be replaced as the manufacturer of the fuselage and empennage on the prototypes of the Galaxy business jet being built in association with Israel Aircraft Industries. The Israeli Company is searching for an alternative-manufacturing source, with ...
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FANS datalink component becomes operational
A PROTOTYPE OF the new oceanic-sector workstation - the controller's link to the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) - is now in operational testing at the US Federal Aviation Administration's Oakland, California, air-route traffic-control centre. The workstation, called the telecommunications processor, represents the first phase of the ...
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Taiwan carriers get ready for re-equipment
TAIWAN'S TWO major carriers EVA Air and China Airlines (CAL), are close to finalising orders for a total of up to 22 new 150-seat narrow bodies, as part of planned major re-equipment programmes. EVA is understood to be finalising the purchase of an initial six McDonnell Douglas (MDC) ...
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China is poised to receive its first A320
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE SICHUAN AIRLINES IS expected to take delivery of its first Airbus Industrie A320 by the end of July, following recent certification of the aircraft by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). The airline still requires final approval from China's State Planning Commission to ...
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AL-41 engine problems are over, says Lyulka Saturn
Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW MIKOYAN'S FIFTH-generation fighter, the Article 1.42, has been fitted with Lyulka Saturn AL-41 next-generation engines, with the engine-design bureau claiming that previous engine problems have been overcome. Victor Chepkin, Lyulka Saturn president and chief executive, says that the AL-41s installed in the Mikoyan ...
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Aero Lloyd Selects APU
Germany's Aero Lloyd has selected Auxiliary Power International's APS 3200 auxiliary power-unit (APU) for 16 Airbus A320/A321s on order and six on option from International Lease Finance, for delivery beginning in January 1996. Source: Flight International
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DASA/Collins team succeeds with GPS-based landing tests
Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH A TEAM FROM Collins Commercial Avionics of the USA and Germany's Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA) has carried out successfully what is claimed by the companies to be the first fully automatic satellite navigation-based landing. The trials were part of the Boeing-led GPS Landing System ...
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International Aero Engines
International Aero Engines (IAE), a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, MTU, FiatAvio and Japanese Aero Engines, is working with Calcor Aero Systems of the USA to develop a variable-area exhaust nozzle for IAE's V2500 turbofan. The nozzle will vary the exhaust-exit area by around 15%, and ...
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Klimov
Klimov manufactures the RD-33 low-bypass turbofan, which powers all versions of the MiG-29 fighter aircraft, and upgraded MiG-21s. The RD-33K is the latest version and is fitted to the MiG-29K and MiG-29M. Klimov also builds TV3-117 and TV7-117 turbo-shafts for a range of airframe applications. Source: Flight International
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MTU/Pratt & Whitney
MTU and Pratt & Whitney are jointly designing and developing the Mid Thrust Family Engine (MTFE) to rival the BMW Rolls-Royce BR700 series of engines. The MTFE family would eventually cover the 65-105kN range. With MTU parent Daimler-Benz Aerospace understood to be negotiating the sale of 51% of ...
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Aviadvigatel
Debate over the reliability and life of the Aviadvigatel Perm PS-90A, the only series-produced turbofan engine in Russia, has raged on during the past year. Only two PS-90As were manufactured in 1994, and it is believed that none has been built so far this year. Many of the ...
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Walter M601F
Czech-engine manufacturer Walter, known as Motorlet before the company's privatisation in March, claims to be Europe's biggest manufacturer of turboprop engines of 370-600kW. Models in production include the two-shaft reverse-flow M-601, which powers Let L-410 and L-420 commuter aircraft and the PZL 130 trainer; the M-602 turboprop for ...