Goodrich is to supply the integrated control system for the GE Honda HF120 engine that will power the HondaJet and Spectrum Freedom light business jets. US and UK units of the company will supply the full-authority digital engine control, fuel pump and metering unit and bleed valve actuator.
Source: Flight International
US regulator the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will take no immediate action to address a smoke-related issue involving the CFM International Leap-1B engines that power the Boeing 737 Max.
The engine-maker says the successful demonstration involved a GE Aerospace CT7 turboshaft engine combined with internally-produced electric machine and power electronics.
GE Aerospace in 2025 plans to use two of the world’s fastest computers, both at US-government-funded research facilities, to study how its open-fan engine concept will integrate with an aircraft’s wings and other structures.
