All Engines articles – Page 14
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NewsWillis Lease Finance to participate in UK sustainable-fuel refinery development
Leasing firm Willis Lease Finance Corporation is among the participants in an initiative to develop a new sustainable aviation fuel refinery at Teesside in the UK. The power-to-liquid refinery would convert feedstock from industrial waste, using green hydrogen from renewable electricity, into aircraft fuel. Tees Valley Combined Authority says it ...
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NewsEnvironmental airline start-up plans to retrofit turboprops with hydrogen-electric engines
Entrepreneurs behind environmental ventures in the UK are aiming to set up a Scottish-based carrier operating turboprops powered by hydrogen-electric engines. The would-be carrier, branded Ecojet, aims to use 70-seat and 19-seat aircraft types, retrofitted with the necessary powertrains. It has indicated that De Havilland Dash 8-400s and DHC-6 Twin ...
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NewsCologne research centre analyses hydrogen combustion under realistic engine conditions
German aerospace laboratory DLR has carried out trials of hydrogen combustion under realistic aircraft engine operating conditions, through a European Union research programme. DLR has been co-operating with US powerplant manufacturer General Electric on the combustion of 100% hydrogen in engines. GE Aerospace supplied a new system designed for direct ...
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NewsPratt & Whitney wins initial F-35 engine upgrade contract
The engine maker secured $66 million in funding to support early stage design engineering and long-lead material purchases for the Engine Core Upgrade programme, which will provide enhancements to the USA’s Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter fleet and billions of dollars in revenue to Pratt & Whitney over the coming years.
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NewsSabena Engineering acquires UK airworthiness and engine maintenance firm
Maintenance firm Sabena Engineering has taken control of a UK aircraft technical management company, Aircamo Group, to expand its capabilities. Aircamo Group includes the Manchester-based Aircamo Aviation which specialises in airworthiness and asset management, as well as Aircamo Engines which handles off-wing maintenance and storage. The company’s engines division is ...
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NewsUniversal relocates hydrogen-modified Dash 8 to Mojave for flight tests
Universal Hydrogen has flown its hydrogen-fuel-cell powered De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 demonstrator to the Mojave Air & Space Port in California for resumption of flight testing ahead of a 2025 certification goal.
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NewsCALC picks PW1100G engines for up to 60 A320neos
China Aircraft Leasing Group intends to order Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engines to power up to 60 additional Airbus A320neo-family jets, marking another win for the US engine manufacturer.
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NewsMTU sees fuel cells as ‘right technology’ for zero-emission flights
MTU Aero Engines is maintaining its backing for a liquid hydrogen fuel cell powertrain that could equip commuter or regional aircraft entering service in the mid-2030s.
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In depthWhy former collective farm is at the heart of Rolls-Royce’s future
What began 30 years ago as a joint venture with BMW on a piece of agricultural land in former East Germany has since been transformed into a key part of the manufacturer’s global footprint and is contributing vital research and development work for the next generation of civil engines.
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NewsNASA to end all-electric X-57 programme without flying prototype
NASA is to end its experimental X-57 all-electric aircraft project without flying the prototype airframe, citing a shortage of time to address technical issues. But the US aeronautics agency insists the project – which will begin closing at the end of September – has provided valuable research findings on electric ...
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NewsGaruda, GE Aerospace enter engines partnership
Garuda Indonesia and GE Aerospace have entered into a wide-ranging strategic cooperation covering the carrier’s fleet of CFM International and GE engines.
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NewsEASA poised to overhaul 'unrepresentative' engine endurance testing
Certification requirements for turbofan endurance testing are set to be overhauled by European regulators, to take better account of modern engine design characteristics. The update is contained in a proposal put forward by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. It also intends to improve the level of confidence in the ...
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NewsWhy pilots of ditched Transair 737 identified, then misidentified, failed engine
US investigators believe pilots of a Transair Boeing 737-200 freighter which ditched in the ocean off Honolulu did not verify which engine had failed shortly after take-off, despite initially correctly identifying the damaged powerplant. When the first officer, who was flying the twinjet, reduced thrust to decelerate, this obscured obvious ...
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NewsRiyadh Air picks GEnx engines to power Dreamliners
Ambitious Saudi start-up Riyadh Air has picked GE Aerospace GEnx engines to power its on-order Boeing 787-9s.
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NewsEmbraer and GKN eye flight tests of fuel cell powertrain for regional market
Embraer and GKN Aerospace are to collaborate on development and integration of a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain that could result in flight tests aboard one of the Brazilian airframer’s jets.
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NewsOne-tenth of jets with P&W’s geared turbofans have been sidelined
About 10% of aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofans have recently been of service amid a surge in durability problems that the engine maker insists it is addressing.
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NewsAirbus-Safran venture demonstrates proof-of-concept for hydrogen aircraft fuel system
Airbus-Safran space launch venture ArianeGroup has conducted a proof-of-concept test of hydrogen conditioning which would be suitable for feeding an aircraft engine. The test, carried out on 12 May at the Vernon facility northwest of Paris, marks the conclusion to a project named Hyperion which looked at hydrogen propulsion options ...
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NewsP&W thinks engine-efficiency target may take a bit more time
Pratt & Whitney thinks the aerospace industry might need a bit more time to achieve a broad goal of squeezing 20%-plus efficiency out of the next generation of narrowbody aircraft engines.
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NewsModified A330 to explore hydrogen fuel-cells’ potential as APU replacement
Airbus is to modify an A330-200 to explore the potential for hydrogen fuel cells to power systems other than those directly related to the main engines. Lighting, avionics and air conditioning are driven by the auxiliary power unit. But Airbus chief technical officer Sabine Klauke believes 5% of the fuel ...
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NewsBoom discloses more Overture detail as it sources main aerostructures
Boom Supersonic has revealed greater detail of its Overture aircraft design, including its Symphony engine, after selecting primary suppliers to produce the composite fuselage, wing and empennage of the Mach 1.7 jet.