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 ...lers feel strongly enough
about the issue to consider industrial action if necessary. Prospect
said last week that talks with NATS had started again.
ENGINE DEVELOPMENT VLADIMIR KARNOZOV / MOSCOW
PW800 stake to woo
Russia in regional deal
United Technologies (UTC) has
offered Russia 50% of Pratt &
Whitney Canada's PW800 geared
turbofan programme if it is selected
by Sukhoi to power the R...
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 ... Sukhoi
have established a joint working
group on personnel training in
addition to the existing four
involving marketing, certification,
development/production and after-
sales support issues.
PW800 could be launched as full-scale project next year
ENGINE SELECTION
P&WC hopes for 2003 launch
Pratt & Whitney Canada's PW800 has been selected as a finalist along with
Snecma's SM146 for the...
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 ...M Catia design system as Boeing,
the company says.
The RRJ will be built in two fac
tories in 60-, 75- and 95-seat ver
sions based on a common wing.
SEE AIR TRANSPORT P32
P&WC turns to UAVs for PW800 applications
Pratt & Whitney Canada is preparing to run a core technol
ogy demonstrator for the PW800 engine and is aiming the
10,000-20,000lb thrust (45-89kN) turbofan at unmanned
air vehic...
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 ...hird quarter of 2003, with
certification now due around
October 2004. First flight of the
new version on the A318 is
expected around January 2005.
TECHNOLOGY PAUL LEWIS / WASHINGTON DC
Hunt for PW800 launch aircraft
Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is pinning its long-term hopes of finding a
civil launch platform for the PW800 geared turbofan on the next generation of
large regional jets or ...
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 ...Turbofan - Airbus A330
Turbofan - Boeing MD-11
Turbofan - Airbus A318
PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA
P&WC is enjoying one of the busiest periods in its history. Although the focus is on the new PW600 and PW800 series, significant developments continue with its
oldest and most successful programme, the PT6, which this year marked the 40th anniversary of its first flight. This versatile engine has form...
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 ...tory
tinuing demand for turboprops, it is low
volume, and the company is focusing
research and development investment on
the PW800 turbofan for next-generation
regional jets and large business jets. "We
keep investing in technology to get ready
for the next generation of regional jets that
will emerge in the next 10 yea...
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 ...al by the manufacturer's
25 April deadline.
"The decision will be made in
the very near future," says AMC.
Although AMC insists its
pending decision between the
European powerplant and a rival
PW800-based offer from Pratt &
Whitney Canada will be made
purely on commercial grounds,
picking the North American bid
could prove politically unpalat
able to some of the A400M's
customer natio...
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 ...eed
dropped to 119kt with the aircraft
still banked. •
Pratt & Whitney Canada's geared
turbofan seeks launch customer
PRATT & WHITNEY Canada is in talks with
potential launch customers
for its PW800 geared tur
bofan as it begins testing the
Advanced Technology Fan
Integrator (ATFI) demon
strator engine.
The PW800 will have a
new, all-axial core and is in
tended to cover the 10,000-
1...
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 ...-
66 Comanche and Bell/Boeing
V-22. The SB1RS Low programme is
being restructured, while the Navy
Area Missile Defence system will
not be replaced.
DEFENCE STEWART PENNEY / MONTREAL
P&WC offers PW800 for A400M
Pratt & Whitney Canada is propos
ing a PW800-based turboprop for
the Airbus Military Company
(AMC) A400M. AMC re-opened the
engine competition this year as the
consortium develop...
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 ...jets. At the Farnborough air show in
July, Sukhoi narrowed the potential engine suppliers
to two choices, P&WC, in partnership with MTU and
Aviadvigatel, and Snecma with NPO Saturn, offer
ing the PW800 geared turbofan and the SM146,
respectively. In June, P&WC parent United
Technologies offered Russia 50% of the PW800
programme if it is selected.
The Snecma/NPO Saturn bid centres on an
ad...
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 ... 42-500
5,075
550
Turboprop - Bombardier Dash 8-400
Turboshaft - Bell 427 NLT, MD Explorer. Agusta A109 Power, Eurocopter EC135
PW305-305A/B/306A/B.'C
PW500
PW530A
PW545A-545A
PW600
PW615F
PW800
PW800
5,258 Turbofan - 305A Bombardier Learjet 60, Gulfstream G200, 305B Hawker 1000, Cessna Sovereign
2,748
3.784
1.000-2.000
10,000-20,000
Turbofan - Cessna Citation Bravo
Turbofan - C...
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 ... by Sukhoi in concert
with partner Boeing was due last
week, but has been delayed.
Airframe and engine manu
facturer sources say the SM146
was selected over the competing
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW800
turbofan, being offered in con
junction with Aviadvigatel. The
Rolls-Royce BR710 and General
Electric CF34-8 were eliminated
from the running last year.
A factor in rejecting the
PW800 is...
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 ...' FJ33 for Cessna's Mustang entry-level jet application for its first entry
into the market. In November the company lost out to GE's CF34 in its bid to power China's AVIC 1 jet project with the new PW800. However, the engine has been downs
elected along with the Snecma SM146 for the Russian Regional Jet project, a final decision of which is also expected shortly.
A second geared fan PW800/Adva...
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 ...un in the fourth
quarter, followed by flight testing
in the first quarter of next year.
Quimet says the company
hopes to secure another busi
ness jet application for its 3,000-
to 5,000lb-thrust PW800 turbo
fan "in the next year". P&WC has
an unannounced international
unmanned air vehicle applica
tion for the engine, he says.
Quimet hopes to secure a
launch customer "in 12-18
months" f...
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 ...UMBER 4830 VOLUME 161 7-13 MAY 2002
This week
NEWS
Headlines
4 Rolls-Royce poised to win
Lufthansa A380 contract.
Asiana decides to join Star
5 Bell upgrade beats rising costs.
PW800 version offered for A400M
6 South Korea Patriot buy hinges on
F-15price.
Pilatus rolls out PC-21
Air Transport
8 Emergency transponder plan slips
behind schedule.
QantasLink restructures ...
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 ...m
7 Fairchild Dornier survival hinges on
firm 728 commitment
8 QRC delayed by engine deals.
Brazil far away from fighter selection
Air Transport
10 Alitalia commits to Embraer 170/190
family.
PW800 stake to woo Russia in
regional deal
11 SAS regional-jet deal hinges on pilots.
Airbus secures more Chinese MoUs
forA320s
12 BWIA eyes new routes for A340s.
USA advances cockpit-door deadl...
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 ...venture between Snecma and
NPO Saturn, to power the 60- to 95-
seat Russian Regional Jet to be
developed by Boeing, llyushin and
Sukhoi. The propulsion system, sel
ected over the Pratt & Whitney
PW800, is billed as the first truly inter
national programme for Russia's
aircraft engine industry, and if pro
jected orders materialise, will give
Snecma a significant foothold in a
potentially ...
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 ...f APA, the former
because of Italy's decision to bale out
of the A400M programme. Pratt &
Whitney Canada, sensing an opportu
nity, entered the fray with a
16,000shp-rated turboprop based on
its PW800 gas generator called the
PW180, while the reconstituted
EuroProp International (EPI) pre
sented details of its all-new three-shaft
concept. The EPI team included
Techspace Aero, now majorit...
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 ...development of at least 20 further
new powerplants and derivatives. Most are aimed at
the business aircraft market, which accounts for
61 % of its current sales, although new products
such as the PW800 are being groomed for possible
application on regionalsjets, which take up 12% of
P&WC's sales today. Utility aircraft occupy 8% of
the pie, with auxiliary power units and military sales
tak...
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support, technical assistance and customer training
Engines APIC APS 2000, Hamilton Sundstrand
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9500 Cote de Liesse, Lachine, Quebec, H8T1A2,
Canada
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