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 ...s. Domestic flights are expected to
be operated initially using 150-
General Electric says it is "perfectly
content" with the existing and
prospective revenue-sharing partic
ipants (RSPs) for the GEnx next-
generation engine for Boeing's 7E7,
despite Snecma's surprising deci
sion not to join the programme.
The company is close to finalis
ing details of RSP arrangements
with Ishikawajima-H...
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 ...t in
the early 1990s when it sold its
Federal Systems business to Loral,
the unit going on to become
Lockheed Martin Systems
WORKSHARE JUSTIN WASTNAGE / MILAN
Avio applies finishing touches to
GEnx tie-up with General Electric
Italian engine subsystems manufac
turer Avio is finalising its workshare
on the General Electric GEnx
engine for the proposed Airbus
A3 50 and Boeing 7E7, revenu...
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 ...737-600/700 /800/900
Turbofan - Boeing 737-700/-800/-900, Boeing Business Jet
In a mixed, but largely positive period, General
Electric successfully won a place on board Boeing's
new 7E7 with its GEnx engine, but surprisingly lost
out to Rolls-Royce in the race to provide the launch
engine on the aircraft ordered by All Nippon
Airways. GE formally launched the GEnx in April
and by August h...
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 ...ONAL REPORTING BY
ROBCOPPINGER
AIR TRANSPORT ANDREW DOYLE / LONDON
GE secures lead-engine slot
as A350 launch is approved
Authority to offer granted aiming for 2010 service entry, initially with GEnx engines
General Electric has reacted to its
defeat at the hands of Rolls-Royce
in the race to secure lead-engine
status on the Boeing 7E7 by grab
bing pole position on the rival
Airbus A350...
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 ...at met
or exceeded our technical require
ments," adding that the final deci
sion was based on "a combination
of all aspects", including technical,
marketing and financial factors.
Dubbed the GE GENX and the
R-R Trent 1000, the engines will be
certificated at 70,0001b thrust
(312kN) for the heavier 7E7 models,
with a derate to 53,0001b for the
AIR TRANSPORT
short-range version. Boeing n...
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 ...-president, says General Electric
is unlikely to buy any shares "and
if they did they would be unlikely
to get more than about 0.1%,
which would not serve them any
ENGINES
GE may offer share in GENX project
Snecma is in talks with General Electric about participation in the latter's
GENX engine for the Boeing 7E7 and hopes to make an announcement on a
partnership before the Farnborough ai...
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 ...akovlev Yak-42
Turbofan - Antonov An-72, Yakovlev Yak 42M, Tupolev Tu-334
Turbofan - Tupolev Tu-334, Beriev Be-200, Yakovlev Yak-42M, MS-21
Turbofan - Antonov An-148
General Electric launched the GEnx for the Boeing 7E7 in April and the first
full test is set for 2006. Planned as a successor to the long-running CF6
family, GEnx architechture is based largely on that of the GE90.
Rolls-Royce...
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 ...craft
for Air New Zealand (ANZ) with
Trent 1000s. ANZ, which last week
announced plans to order two 7E7-
8s in its Boeing 767 replacement
contest, said it had rejected the
rival General Electric GENX.
ANZ also confirmed plans to
acquire eight leased and purchased
Boeing 777-200ERs, which will be
powered by R-R Trent 800s. In
addition, it is taking purchase
rights on 42 more Boeing wideb...
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 ... commercial engine busi
ness is expected to grow through the
addition of a third national project
involving Boeing 7E7 engines. Japan
has already secured a 15% work
share in the General Electric GEnx
engine, including a 10% share for IHI
and 5% for Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries (MHI). Kawasaki Heavy
Industries (KHI) expects to receive a
10% share in the Rolls-Royce Trent
1000, in which MH...
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 ...s, compressor cases, turbine blades, vanes, disks for PW4000;
diffuser/combustion modules for PW6000; compressor cases, turbine disks
and cases for V2500; turboshaft for MG5; part of compressor for GEnx
(under development); Trent 1000 (exact part not yet finalised).
For year-end 31 March, aerospace revenues (including engines) of ¥392 billion and
operating profit of ¥29.5 billion.
KAWASAKI H...
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 ...carbonfibre) and hori
zontal tail;
• new cabin
Leahy says the flightdeck and sys
tems will be based on the A330 to
retain a common flightcrew rating.
Both 7E7 engine options (Gen
eral Electric GEnx and Rolls-Royce
Trent 1000) are expected to be of
fered on the A350, although Leahy
says only that Airbus has com
pleted negotiations with GE over
the use of the GEnx. He says that
the airc...
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 ...2-
Evolution, it is described as an evolved version that is 25% heavier than its
predecessor Under ESA plans, at least two landers would go to the planet.
SEE SPACEFLIGHT P27
GE picks Woodward for GEnx fuel system
E N CIN E S General Electric has selected Woodward Governor as the fuel
system integrator for the new GEnx that will power the Boeing 7E7 Under
the $400 million 25-year deal, Rockf...
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 ...extras.
Expanding NetJets heads for profits
General Aviation
26 Evektor steps up turboprop pace.
More light aircraft fly with G1000
Business
27 Honeywell and IBM seal chip deal.
Avio finalises GEnx tie-up
Technology
28 Radical rocket engine set for firing.
Composites ageing to be studied
Spaceflight
29 NASA secures Mars funding.
Payload boost for new Ariane 5 ECA
REGULARS
7 Comment ...
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 ...04
This week
NEWS
Headlines
4 RRJ threatened by Brazilian deal.
Row reveals EADS disharmony
5 Major exercise to prove net warfare.
Galileo set for 2008 service
6 GE secures A350 engine slot.
GEnx to have composie fan case
Air Transport
8 GoJet prepares for St Louis start.
Largest Embraer takes off
10 Caribbean open skies put on hold.
Bombardier seeks to move Q400
components
11 Boei...
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 ...Powerplant 2x
Normal operating speed (Mach)
Max cruising altitude (ft)
Accommodation (3-class)
Design range
Notes: "two-class. Provisional data
56
50-52
16.5
5.74
185,700
53-56,000lb 2
GE GEnx
0.85
43,000
289"
6,500km
-8
56
59
16.5
5.74
217,900
x 65-67,000lb
or R-R Trent 1000
0.85
43,000
217
15,700km
-9
62
59
16.5
5.74
226,800
2 x 68-70,0001b
0.85
43,000
257
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 ...of
the Advanced, which will be put
through windtunnel tests in 2005 in
the run-up to an expected go-
ahead decision in 2006. With
timing tied closely to the develop
ment of the General Electric
GENX and Rolls-Royce Trent 1000
engines for the 7E7, entry into ser
vice is expected to be late 2009 or
early 2010-18 months to two
years behind the new twin.
The passenger version will be a
str...
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 ...mbustor con
cepts are also being studied for GE90 tests,
while this and other Tech56 spin-offs such
as the low-noise nozzles and advanced,
counter-rotating LPT design are being
proposed for GE's GENX sonic cruiser
engine studies.
The question CFMI now asks itself is
when will it be allowed to introduce the
evident benefits of its Tech56 project into
its own product line. •
www.flightint...
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 ...l tar
gets. These include 26EPNdB below
Stage 3, nitrous oxide (NOx) emis
sions 60% below 1CAO CAEP/
Chapter 4 limits and, relative to the
CF6-80E1-powered A330, around
15% lower fuel burn. The GENX
goal is less than 4 litres/l,000kg
(lUSgal/4501b) of NOx at an overall
engine-pressure ratio of about 47:1.
"We are also close to the goal of
a 1% improvement in specific fuel
consumption, ...
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 ...rch and
development spending at the rate
of around $1 billion a year since
2001 will continue "at least
through 2005", when spending is
expected to rise even more to sup
port development of the GEnx
engine for the Boeing 7E7.
Future spending also includes fur
ther development of the CF34 regio
nal jet powerplant, and the GP72O0
with Pratt & Whitney for the Airbus
A380, as well as upgra...
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 ...-cycle gas turbines to meet that
requirement, and with our Concorde her
itage we're uniquely placed to do so."
R-R's latest civil engine, the Trent 1000,
was chosen along with General Electric's
GENX to power the Boeing 7E7, a relief for
the company, which had to wait a long time
to power the 7E7's predecessor, the 767.
Robert Nuttal, vice-president, marketing,
for R-R's airlines division...
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