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NewsUS Army completes first flight with GE Aerospace T901 turboshaft
The army’s head of aviation procurement confirmed the recent milestone, amid ongoing uncertainty around the future of the new GE Aerospace turboshaft engine.
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NewsDOJ considering dismissing fraud charges against Boeing: victims’ attorneys
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering dropping criminal fraud charges against Boeing for the company’s alleged misconduct in relation to certifying the 737 Max.
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NewsHorizon stays level-headed as it hails crucial transition test milestone
Canadian electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) developer Horizon Aircraft has concluded flight testing with its X5 scaled demonstrator – achieving a full transition to wing-borne flight – keeping the company on track for a maiden sortie of a full-size prototype of its Cavorite X7 in 2027.
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NewsRolls-Royce propels Orpheus engine demonstrator through its 20th configuration
Rolls-Royce has marked the 100th test event in its Orpheus engine technology demonstrator programme, covering 20 different configurations.
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NewsEtihad Airways poised to open new US gateway next year
Middle Eastern carrier Etihad Airways is opening a new transatlantic destination next year with services to the US city of Charlotte. The Abu Dhabi-based carrier will operate four-times weekly to the North Carolina city from 4 May 2026. Etihad says it will deploy Boeing 787s on the route. Charlotte will ...
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NewsCitation CJ1 crew unaware of gradual descent before terrain-avoidance warning
French investigators have disclosed that a Cessna Citation CJ1 started descending in cruise while its pilots believed they were flying level, before reaching such a low height on approach that the crew had to take evasive action. The aircraft, operated by Valljet, had departed Limoges for Paris Le Bourget on ...
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Military Engines – powering freedom
Pratt & Whitney military engines have helped US and allied armed forces maintain air dominance for 100 years, and will continue to do so well into the future
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Technology – the future of flight
Pratt & Whitney has never veered from its mission to constantly push the limits of technology to make aviation stronger and safer
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Pratt & Whitney Canada – a propulsion powerhouse
Pratt & Whitney Canada has helped create and shape segments with industry-defining engine families such as the PT6, PW100 and PW800. Today, it continues to be a leader in innovative propulsion solutions
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Power generations – engines that shaped aviation
Pratt & Whitney has produced many engines and engine families over the course of 100 years. Here are 16 that made the most impact on the history of the industry
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Voices of industry
Airbus At Airbus, we are proud to join Pratt & Whitney in celebrating its momentous 100th anniversary, a milestone that resonates deeply with our own pioneering history. Our partnership began at the inception of Airbus, with the Pratt & Whitney engines powering our A300 and A310 aircraft. These achievements are ...
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Foreword from RTX CEO Christopher T. Calio
One hundred years ago this July, an upstart operation in Hartford, Connecticut, began work on a pioneering aircraft engine design that would become the Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp.
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Dependable engines – view from the helm
Everyone who has worked for Pratt & Whitney is a guardian of a formidable reputation, forged over 100 years, says its president Shane Eddy
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Making history – a century of innovation
Pratt & Whitney has developed remarkable engines over 100 years. But while the technologies, industrial processes, and the market may be very different, the values on which the business was founded in 1925 remain as true today as ever.
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: GTF – after Advantage
Bringing the GTF Advantage into production and offering existing customers its durability benefits through upgrades may be a priority for Pratt & Whitney in the coming years. However, engineers in the business are very much looking to the further future as Airbus and Boeing mull over their strategies to replace their current single-aisle families.
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Manufacturing – advancing in Asheville
Pratt & Whitney’s new turbine airfoil plant in North Carolina is key to its ambitions to ramp up production of the latest version of the GTF engine and other programmes
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: MRO – service ready
With deliveries of the GTF ramping up, Pratt & Whitney has been rapidly putting in place a global MRO network able to support a technologically complex product and minimise customers’ downtime
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Paid contentPratt & Whitney at 100: Commercial Engines – single minded
It has an impressive heritage in the twin-aisle market, but Pratt & Whitney’s commercial focus today is very much on the fast growing single-aisle segment, where its GTF product leads the way
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Paid contentThe F-35: More than a fighter jet
How RTX helps turn the fifth-gen fighter into a force multiplier
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NewsVolga-Dnepr denounces Canadian effort to seize An-124 as ‘hijacking’
Russian outsize freight specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines has described the Canadian measures to seize one of its Antonov An-124s as a “pirate hijacking”. As a result of Canadian sanctions on Russian carriers, the aircraft been parked at Toronto since February 2022, and legal efforts are taking place to confiscate the jet ...