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Pratt & Whitney Canada
Two new applications for Pratt & Whitney Canada's (P&WC) best-selling PT6 turboprop/turbo shaft engine have been announced in 1996. The PT6B-37 turbo shaft has been selected by Agusta for its A119 Koala single-engined helicopter. Certification of the PT6B-37 is scheduled for late-1996, with production engine deliveries beginning during early 1997. ...
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Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce launched the Trent 900, its latest large turbofan, at September's Farnborough air show. The 356kN-thrust engine, a derivative of the Trent 800, which powers the Boeing 777, is being developed to power the proposed Boeing 747-500X/600X and Airbus A3XX ultra-high-capacity airliners. The Trent 900 uses the same ...
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Rolls-Royce Turbomeca
The Rolls-Royce Turboméca RTM322 turbo shaft has been selected to power the 67 Westland/McDonnell Douglas WAH-64 Longbow Apaches ordered by the UK. The RTM322 replaces the General Electric T700, which is fitted to all other versions of the attack helicopter. An engine integration programme, is scheduled to be carried, out ...
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Snecma
Snecma's M88-2 military turbofan, which powers the Dassault Rafale fighter, reached the end of its development phase and entered series production in April. The first of 42 production engines so far ordered by the French Government are due to be delivered in late 1996. Snecma is examining possible ...
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Snecma/Pratt & Whitney Canada
Snecma and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) are jointly developing the 53-71kN-thrust SPW14 turbofan to power new-generation regional jets in the 70-seat class, such as the proposed Aero International (Regional) AIR70 and the Bombardier CRJ-X. Snecma/P&WC hope that AI(R) will favour the SPW14 as it is an all-new design, unlike ...
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Snecma/Turbomeca
The Snecma/Turboméca Larzac 04-C20 turbofan powers the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet trainer, while the 04-R20 version was selected in 1992 for the Mikoyan MiG-AT advanced trainer. Snecma is now studying ways to increase the thrust of the R-20 engine to improve the performance of the Russian MiG-AT advanced trainer, ...
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Soyuz Luzhnetskaya
The Gavrilov R-195 turbojet powered the Sukhoi Su-25 and Su-28 attack aircraft. The Khachaturov R-29 powers the Mikoyan MiG-23 and MiG-27, and the Su-22. The bureau is also known as the Moscow Scientific Production Corporation Soyuz Alliance. Source: Flight International
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Turbomeca
Turboméca manufactures Arrius turbo shaft engines for a wide range of helicopters, including the Eurocopter AS355N (Arrius 1A), EC135 (2B) and EC120 (2F) and McDonnell Douglas MD901 (2C). The engine has an electronic control system for twin-engined helicopters, and hydro-mechanical control for singles. The Arriel 2 engine powers the Eurocopter ...
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Turbo-Union
Rolls-Royce (R-R) says that production of more than 100 Turbo-Union RB.199s for 48 additional Panavia Tornado GR.1 strike aircraft which have been ordered by the Royal Saudi Air Force will help enable it to "...match military capacity to workload". The Turbo-Union consortium, which consists of R-R, MTU and FiatAvio, to ...
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Walter
Czech engine manufacturer Walter, formerly known as Motorlet, claims to be Europe's largest manufacturer of turboprop engines in the 370-600kW-class. Current production models include the two-shaft, reverse-flow M601 turboprop, which powers Let L-410 and L-420 commuter aircraft, and the M602 three-shaft turboprop, which powers the L-610 regional aircraft. ...
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Williams-Rolls
The 10kN Williams-Rolls FJ44-2A has been chosen to power the Raytheon Premier I light business jet, more than 100 of which have been sold a full two years ahead of scheduled first deliveries. The FJ44-2 will also power the Sino Swearingen SJ30-2 business jet, now under development. The ...
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Israel examines solar-spy air vehicles
SOLAR-POWERED unmanned-air-vehicles (UAVs), are being developed by Israeli companies for use on intelligence-gathering and early-warning missions. The Israeli ministry of defence is financing part of the development. The effort is classified, but some information emerged when Aero Design & Development released details of a solar-powered UAV which successfully ...
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WSK PZL-Rzeszow
WSK PZL-Rzeszow of Poland has introduced an up-rated version of its popular GTD-350 turbo shaft engine, which powers the Mil Mi-2 helicopter. The GTD-350W offers improved compressor efficiency, resulting in an increase in take-off power of 18kW, to 315kW. The improvements are also available as a retrofit for existing engines. ...
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ZMKB Progress
ZMKB Progress has developed the D-436T and D-436M turbofan engines for the Tupolev Tu-334 and Yakovlev Yak-42M, respectively. The D-18T high-bypass turbofan powers the Antonov An-124 and An-225s. The Ukrainian manufacturer has delivered another four D-27 prop fans to power the second prototype Antonov An-70 military transport. ZMKB expects to ...
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Mesa plans Texas regional
US REGIONAL carrier Mesa Air Group plans to begin a high frequency, low-fare jet service from Fort Worth's Meacham Airport in Texas on 5 May, 1997. The service, which will be operated as Mesa Airlines, will use 13 of the 16 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jets ordered in August and will ...
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IL-96 update
Ilyushin is still aiming to fly the first production Pratt & Whitney PW2000-powered Il-96, the Il-96T freighter, before the end of 1996, despite the cash problems, which are hindering the project. The supply of parts from some Russian vendors has been prevented because the design bureau, and its partner the ...
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Dassault service
Dassault Aviation has named Hawker Pacific as its authorised Falcon service centre in Singapore. Its Seletar Airport site will provide after sales service and support for Dassault's range of business aircraft. Source: Flight International
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Groen signs to supply China with gyroplanes
Groen Brothers Aviation (GBA) has signed a contract potentially worth $40 million, to supply 200 Hawk III gyro planes to Shanghai Energy and Chemicals (SECC) of China. SECC plans to establish an air-taxi company using the three-seat auto gyro. The contract is contingent on GBA receiving Chinese certification ...
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SLAM dunk for P-3C
A LOCKHEED Martin P-3C was used to successfully launch a McDonnell Douglas (MDC) Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) in a test conducted off Point Mugu Naval Air Station, California in September. The P-3C co-pilot controlled the SLAM for the firing and guided it on to a target on ...
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AirNet wraps up more same-night freight
AIRNET SYSTEMS, a US air-freight carrier specialising in same-night delivery of cancelled cheques, documents and packages, has acquired Dallas, Texas-based regional air-courier Midway Aviation for $3 million. The deal adds 8,000km (4,300nm) and ten cities to AirNet's 137,000km network. The acquisition includes ten aircraft. Separately, Columbus, Ohio-based AirNet ...