All Engines articles – Page 106

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Latest 787 line remake adds AGVs and 2h work kits

    2016-09-30T13:03:10Z

    Within a few months, the world’s busiest widebody aircraft assembly line will change again. Mobile robotic carts will begin replacing human workers shuttling parts and tools to machinists assembling Boeing 787s in Everett, Washington. Each automated cart will bear kits loaded with precisely enough gear to occupy a machinist for ...

  • News

    CORRECTION: Top 100 Senior

    2016-09-29T16:03:31Z

    ​An currency conversion error meant we significantly misrepresented Senior's position in our recent Top 100 ranking of aerospace companies by turnover.

  • News

    PICTURES: MRJ arrives in Moses Lake for flight tests

    2016-09-29T02:31:40Z

    Mitsubishi Aircraft's first flight test prototype for the MRJ regional jet programme has landed in the US, after a 8,300km journey.

  • News

    CFM touts zero-glitch service entry of Leap-1A engine

    2016-09-27T15:09:32Z

    ​CFM International has started taking a victory lap with the Leap-1A entry into service record nearly two months after delivery to the Turkish launch customer.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: MRJ readies for its ultimate test

    2016-09-25T23:04:00Z

    Mitsubishi Aircraft is a Japanese company based in Nagoya, but its fate resides a three-hour drive west of Seattle, where most of the flight test campaign of the MRJ regional jet programme will occur.

  • News

    Airbus' Leahy equivocal on retirement question

    2016-09-22T20:25:33Z

    ​A series of retrospective speeches by Airbus’ head of sales John Leahy over the last few months has rekindled a seemingly annual round of questions about the 66-year-old’s retirement plans.

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    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Japan’s changing commercial fleet

    2016-09-21T22:03:00Z

    Major changes in the market have shaken up the perception that Japanese carriers’ fleets are built around tightly-packed widebody aircraft.

  • News

    Boeing selects Rockwell Collins for 777X touchscreens

    2016-09-21T11:42:28Z

    Rockwell Collins will supply touchscreen flight displays for the Boeing 777X cockpit, ushering the technology into scheduled commercial aviation when the 777-9 enters service in 2020.

  • News

    Geared turbofan deliveries behind by up to 100 engines

    2016-09-20T12:17:53Z

    ​Pratt & Whitney could deliver up to 100 fewer geared turbofan engines over the next two years as new technology and an over-extended supply chain struggle to keep pace with a massive production ramp-up.

  • News

    LHT partners MTU for PW1000G overhauls

    2016-09-20T12:08:07Z

    Lufthansa Technik is evaluating establishment of a joint-venture overhaul shop for Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofans with the engine's programme partner MTU.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: Ultimate engine project has core focus

    2016-09-20T08:57:24Z

    A new EU-funded initiative to develop radical concepts for ultra-efficient aero engines will focus on revolutionising the core of the powerplant, for deployment on future advanced tube-and-wing aircraft.

  • Analysis

    ANALYSIS: ICAO seeks consensus on global emissions scheme

    2016-09-19T09:25:33Z

    As ICAO prepares to host its 39th Assembly in Montreal later this month – where it is hoped that a long-awaited global market-based measure (MBM) to address international aviation emissions will be agreed – the UN body has released a draft resolution which indicates that the scheme will be voluntary ...

  • News

    MoM, 737 Max 10 projects fit in Boeing budget plans

    2016-09-15T11:21:36Z

    ​Boeing has the financial ability to develop a new stretch of the 737 Max and a clean-sheet middle of the market (MoM) over the next nine years while reducing capital spending from a peak level in 2016, chief executive Dennis Muilenburg says.

  • News

    Boeing asked to bid for Air Force One replacement

    2016-09-13T13:13:37Z

    ​The US Air Force has invited Boeing to submit a detailed proposal to supply and modify two passenger-carrying 747-8s to replace the 747-200-derived VC-25A fleet in the 2024 timeframe.

  • News

    Boeing ups forecast for Chinese demand for next jets

    2016-09-13T08:02:54Z

    Boeing has raised its forecast for China’s demand for new commercial aircraft over the next 20 years to 6,810, making the country the first trillion dollar aviation market in its forecast.

  • News

    New PD-14 test facility nears completion

    2016-09-12T10:15:00Z

    ​United Engine’s Perm Motors division expects to start powerplant tests at a new facility next year.

  • News

    Top 100 aerospace manufacturers hit by fall in revenues and profits in 2015

    2016-09-12T08:44:54Z

    As is often the case, this year’s ranking of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers by revenue has a familiar feel, with the top eight companies staying in the same position as last year and only small movements throughout most of the list. The industry is dominated by big beasts and ...

  • News

    C919 pushes on with static tests in prep for first flight

    2016-09-09T02:33:32Z

    Comac says static strength tests for its C919 programme are slightly behind schedule, but that the team is still on track to complete the required tests by the end of the year, which will give an indication of whether the first flight can go ahead.

  • News

    MRJ sensor investigation holds up US ferry flight

    2016-09-07T03:35:50Z

    Mitsubishi Aircraft says the anomalies detected on its MRJ regional jet prototype are not due to faulty systems, but that it is nonetheless working to “uncover the cause” that forced it to abort two attempts to fly the aircraft to the US late last month.

  • News

    Bombardier slashes CSeries ramp-up on engine delay

    2016-09-06T13:26:29Z

    ​Bombardier will deliver less than half of the CSeries family aircraft as expected this year due to production ramp-up delays by the engine supplier, the Canadian manufacturer says.