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CFM Brings Fat Order Book to Farnborough

Production rates have reached historic highs.

GE Delivering New GEnx Durability Upgrade

GE expects to complete deliveries throughout the in-service 787 fleet within two years.

Reaction Engines Preps For Proof-of-Concept Testing

It’s a long development cycle but UK company founded by Alan Bond, of HOTOL fame, believes the Sabre concept will work.

GE Prepares for Second Phase of GE9X Flight Testing

Ground testing is well advanced but flight testing will start slightly later than planned.

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Pratt & Whitney Heeds Hard Lessons Learned on GTF

Any new engine upgrades will undergo more rigorous testing

Pratt & Whitney Up for APU Challenge from Boeing

UTC subsidiary expects further competitive pressure, but expresses readiness to compete

All New CFM Leaps Now Have CMC Coating Fix

CFM began delivering new Leap engines with the permanent CMC environmental-barrier coating fix in June

Engine Core Included in Bird-ingestion Testing Proposal

The proposed test consists of firing at the aircraft engine core the equivalent to the largest bird currently required.

Nordam Halts PW800 Nacelle Production

The PW800 nacelle production suspension is due to a contract dispute between Nordam and Pratt & Whitney Canada.

CFM Confident Leap Production Can Catch Up Soon

LEAP deliveries are four weeks behind schedule but the lag is lessening every month, and could be gone by year-end.

ATSB Study Finds Turboprop Engines Safe, Reliable

There were approximately 2.2 occurrences every 10,000 flight hours over the five-year study period.

P&W Outlines New Plan for F-35 Engine Upgrades

The company’s Growth Option 2.0 program now focuses on near-term upgrades rather than long-term development of an all-new engine.

Rolls-Royce Finds New Trent 1000 Durability ‘Issues’

Package B IPCs now subject to scrutiny

Safety and Environmental Benefits Make Case for Bizav FDM

Although FDM is required only in larger aircraft, NetJets Europe uses it in all of its models.

Rolls-Royce Steps Up Efforts to Fix Troubled Trent 1000 Engines

Number of 787 AOGs could peak to 50 ahead of June 9 inspection deadline

GE's Catalyst Readies for Certification Testing

The process on the engine destined to power Cessna's new Denali turboprop, will kick off with altitude and ingestion testing.

Rolls-Royce Pearl 15 Marks Launch of New Engine Family

The Pearl 15 brings improved efficiency, reduced emissions and noise, and better performance within the same nacelle package as for the BR700 family.

Cessna Completes First Denali Flight-test Articles

Single-engine turboprop has entered a new stage of development, with many test articles now fabricated.

P&WC PW800-series Ready for Service Duty

While the engine maker prepares for the PW800's entry into service on the Gulfstream G500 and G600, the Dassault Falcon 6X is waiting in the wings.

P&WC Focuses on Prognostication

Through its FAST engine analysis, the engine maker is looking to make unscheduled repairs a thing of the past.

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