All Aerospace articles – Page 175
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NewsIrkut outlines remaining tests for MC-21
Irkut has identified evacuation and electrical discharge protection among outstanding tests for its MC-21-300 twinjet, as the aircraft edges towards certification.
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NewsPratt & Whitney sees better gas turbine efficiency as enabling green technology
Pratt & Whitney believes that improving the efficiency of gas turbine technology for aircraft engines will complement the roll-out of new technologies to reduce emissions.
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NewsUS and Europe commit to preventing transfer of aerospace technology to ‘non-market’ economies
The US government and European Union will collaborate to help prevent aerospace technology from falling into the hands of “state-financed competitors” and so-called “non-market economies”.
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AnalysisCheap fuel killed propfan concepts decades ago. Can CFM’s revived concept endure?
As before, experts agree propfans have real ability to bring significant efficiency gains to the next generation of commercial airliners – in this case, the jets Airbus and Boeing are expected to bring to market in the 2030s.
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NewsCFM sees ‘closer integration’ with airframe as key to unlocking RISE’s potential
CFM is confident that the performance improvements likely to be delivered by the next generation of narrowbody airliners can combine with the potential fuel-burn saving from its new RISE technology demonstrator engine to deliver an overall efficiency gain of around 30%.
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OpinionThe many challenges facing the air taxi vision
Regulators could clear air taxi flights as soon as 2024, but questions about the business case remain unsettled
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NewsCFM launches open rotor demonstrator, promising 20% better fuel burn for mid-2030s applications
CFM International has launched RISE – a new engine demonstrator programme featuring an open rotor architecture that promises to deliver a 20% fuel efficiency gain over today’s narrowbody powerplants.
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NewsAirbus Helicopters showcases ‘westernised’ H175 as UK Puma replacement hots up
Airbus Helicopters has revealed the first airframe of a H175 super-medium-twin which has been built entirely using European-sourced components to replace those previously provided by Chinese suppliers.
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NewsXTI and Xeriant jointly form ‘Eco-Aero’ to advance TriFan design
US air taxi developer XTI Aircraft and publicly traded US holding company Xeriant are forming a joint company for the purpose of advancing development of XTI’s TriFan 600.
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NewsFlightdeck provider Honeywell also invests in pair of eVTOL developers
Honeywell is now investing in two manufacturers of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft following the announcement on 10 June that it would be taking stakes in start-ups Lilium and Vertical Aerospace. No details of the size of the planned investments were revealed, however. Source: Vertical Aerospace ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic envisions eVTOL network to cut transfer time to UK hubs
UK carrier Virgin Atlantic aims to explore development of a short-haul electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) network initially focused on London Heathrow, London Gatwick and Manchester. The airline’s plans for the network are part of its new partnership with UK-based Vertical Aerospace under which the carrier will have the ...
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NewsUK reveals bidder shortlist for next-generation SAR tender
A total of six companies have been shortlisted to bid for the UK’s second-generation search and rescue contract – known as UKSAR2G – as the procurement kicks off in earnest.
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NewsSafran pushes for 100% biofuel in helicopter engines by 2023
Safran Helicopter Engines believes it can achieve regulatory approval by 2023 to allow its powerplants to be run on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on the back of a test campaign with German rotorcraft operator ADAC Luftrettung.
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NewsA320neo to fly with wholly-sustainable fuel to analyse single-aisle emissions
Airbus is to participate in an in-flight study to assess the impact of unblended sustainable aviation fuel on single-aisle aircraft operations using an A320neo. Emissions from the aircraft, fitted with CFM International Leap-1A engines, will be analysed in the air as well as on the ground. CFM partner Safran will ...
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NewsGE-LHT overhaul joint venture XEOS to suspend operations
Lufthansa Technik and GE Aviation will “freeze operations” at their engine overhaul joint venture XEOS just over two years after the purpose-built facility in Poland inducted its first powerplant.
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NewsFAA forming committee to develop ‘beyond line of sight’ drone rules
The Federal Aviation Administration is convening a committee tasked with recommending rules to permit “beyond line of sight” drone operations, a step toward allowing significantly broader use of unmanned aircraft.
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NewsFAA clashes with general aviation groups on pilot training rules
The general aviation industry is slamming the Federal Aviation Administration’s determination that flight instructors need exemptions to legally provide flight training in some aircraft types.
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NewsEcoPulse electric motor passes Airbus windtunnel tests
Airbus has completed windtunnel tests of the integrated propulsion unit – the electric motor, propeller and nacelle – that will be used to power the EcoPulse hybrid demonstrator it is developing alongside Daher and Safran.
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NewsElectra Aero unveils concept for seven-passenger commuter aircraft
Electra Aero, a company started by the founder of aerospace innovator Aurora Flight Sciences, has become the latest in a string of aerospace start-ups to unveil the design of an electric aircraft.
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NewsRavn Alaska agrees to purchase Airflow’s in-development electric fixed-wing aircraft
Alaskan airline Ravn Alaska intends to purchase electric-powered short take-off and landing (eSTOL) aircraft being developed by San Francisco-area start-up Airflow.