Engines – Page 142
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AnalysisANALYSIS: The ARJ21 progress report
Comac appears to be on the verge of finally getting its much delayed ARJ21 regional jet certificated, after having completed all the necessary ground tests and 95% of all flight test modules.
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Airbus to drop A350 ni-cad battery once lithium certified
Airbus will no longer offer the nickel-cadmium battery for the A350 once the lithium battery version receives certification.
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NewsBoeing raises 737 yearly delivery target to 624 in 2018
Boeing has announced a plan to further increase 737 production to 52 aircraft per month, or 624 aircraft per year, in 2018.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Rolls-Royce makes progress with Trent 7000
Although understandably coy before Airbus’s Farnborough announcement that it was launching the A330neo, Rolls-Royce was by July quite far along the path of finalising the design for the Trent 7000, the 72,000lb (320kN) thrust engine that will exclusively power the re-engined widebody. Airbus already has a more than 50% share ...
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NewsLessor deals a longer-term goal for MRJ team
Mitsubishi Aircraft is not immediately expecting an MRJ order from the leasing community, despite the regional jet type having amassed 191 firm orders plus 184 option or purchase-right commitments.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: A look into Comac and its C919 ambition
Chinese airframer Comac has certainly been keeping busy.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Rolls-Royce harvests a decade of research for new engine projects
As Rolls-Royce prepares to build and begin testing next year its seventh member of the Trent family – the 7000 for the Airbus A330neo – it is harvesting the fruits of a decade’s worth of research and development projects into two studies that could form the basis for a new ...
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NewsAirbus aims to line-fit A350 with lithium battery from 2016
Airbus is to work towards offering a lithium battery as the line-fit standard for its A350-900 from 2016, following certification of the type with nickel-cadmium cells.
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NewsEASA certifies A350-900
Airbus has secured European certification for the A350-900 following a 15-month flight-test campaign comprising more than 2,600h.
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NewsPICTURES: A350s fly in formation ahead of certification
All five aircraft in the Airbus A350-900 test fleet have taken part in a formation flight, ahead of certification of the type.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: From vision to world's most successful commercial engine: 40 years of CFM
It began with a casual encounter in Paris and has flourished into a 40-year marriage with a prodigiously successful offspring. CFM International – the union between the USA’s General Electric and France’s Snecma – is heading towards production of its 30,000th engine. But the joint venture’s start, back in the ...
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NewsMacquarie orders up to 50 CS300s
The leasing arm of Macquarie AirFinance has signed a firm order for 40 Bombardier CS300 aircraft for delivery between 2017 and 2019.
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NewsAirbus details composition of A320neo test fleet
Airbus is planning to use four A320neos, two A319neos and two A321neos for its re-engined narrowbody programme's flight-test programme.
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NewsPICTURE: A320neo makes maiden flight
The Airbus A320neo has made its maiden flight, taking off from Toulouse at just past noon Central European Time.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Morris explains how GE came to embrace 3D printing
While GE's rapid acceptance of additive manufacturing technology may leave some industry commentators sceptical, the decades of work by Morris Technologies into the trailblazing technology should assuage even the most strident naysayers
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AnalysisANALYSIS: GEnx misses fuel burn spec on 787, but on upgrade path
One month before Boeing returned the 787-8 to flight in May 2013 after an 18-week grounding caused by battery fires, GE Aviation quietly certificated the third major production version of the GEnx-1B, inching one of the two propulsion options for the Dreamliner closer to the promised fuel efficiency targets.
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NewsROUTES: Bombardier keeps CSeries on target despite grounding
Bombardier is confident the CSeries is back on track for service entry next year, following its return to the air earlier this month.
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NewsAirbus sets date for A320neo maiden flight
Airbus is to conduct the maiden flight of its re-engined A320neo jet on 25 September.
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NewsPICTURE: Comac takes delivery of C919 mid fuselage
Comac has taken delivery of the first mid fuselage section of the C919, as it prepares to start final assembly work on the first aircraft by the end of the month.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Pratt & Whitney banks on V2500 for MRO growth
As Pratt & Whitney’s business shifts from large commercial engines to small and medium-sized ones, the manufacturer is expecting its aftermarket business to expand significantly.