All Engines articles – Page 72
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Comac, UAC aim to secure CR929 launch customers this year
Comac and United Aircraft are both in deep discussions with airlines about the CRAIC CR929 widebody, as they work towards securing launch customers for the type this year.
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Comac to ramp up ARJ21 production, open second assembly line
Comac will open a second assembly line for its ARJ21 regional jet this year, as it prepares to ramp up production of the type.
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Rolls-Royce touts modernised Indiana factory for B-52 engine bid
Rolls-Royce plans to build its F130 turbine at a modernized factory in Indiana if selected by the US Air Force to replace the engines on the service’s fleet of Boeing B-52 bombers.
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Rolls-Royce tests composite fan in Derby
Rolls-Royce has started ground tests of a composite fan system for its UltraFan future engine programme.
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INTERVIEW: Demonstrating the value of communication
Adam Konowe is vice-president of client strategy for US advertising and commuications agency TMP Worldwide. Konowe also teaches communications at American University in Washington DC, which he says "keeps me on my toes".
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AnalysisANALYSIS: How Aero Vodochody recharged the L-39
Most of the pilots who honed their combat skills in the Aero Vodochody L-39 Albatros single-engined jet trainer were defending the Soviet empire. The 21st century-born aviators who fly its successor – the L-39NG – will only know of the Cold War from history books.
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INTERVIEW: CR929 boss details progress, timeline
Sino-Russian joint venture CRAIC is “very close” to finalising the engine supplier for its CR929 widebody programme, with certification pushed back two years to 2027.
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Air Lease expects Airbus delays through 2020
Air Lease will continue to experience delays to its deliveries in 2019, management says.
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PICTURES: Delta opens engine test cell in Atlanta
A newly opened jet engine test cell facility at Delta’s Technical Operations Center in Atlanta is part of the company’s aim of growing its MRO business revenue by $1 billion each year for the next five years.
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Spirit AeroSystems to do preliminary design of Aerion AS2’s fuselage
Spirit AeroSystems agreed to do the preliminary design work for the forward, pressurized fuselage of Aerion’s supersonic business jet, the AS2.
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MTU raising PW1100G engine output to 200 this year
MTU plans to increase output of Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofans from its Munich plant to around 200 engines over the full course of 2019, and to 250 in 2020.
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MTU to build additional repair shop in Europe
MTU is planning to open a component repair facility in Europe to support a growing maintenance business.
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Maintenance lifts MTU's 2018 earnings
Maintenance operations were the main driver of a 17% rise in MTU's adjusted operating profit, to €671 million ($762 million), in 2018.
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Airbus upbeat on A320neo delivery schedules despite GTF woes
Airbus is optimistic about maintaining its delivery schedules of the A320neo, following the issues that last year troubled the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G-powered version of the narrowbody.
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Rolls-Royce seeks to expand Indian partnerships
Rolls-Royce has indicated its openness to collaborating with more local partners in India, particularly in the manufacturing, MRO and airline sectors.
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Safran to manufacture Leap components at new Hyderabad facility
Safran will manufacture components for the CFM International Leap engine at a new facility in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
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Embraer receives first production engines for E195-E2
Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first PW1900G production engines for Embraer's in-development E195-E2.
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Emirates twinjet deal is strong consolation for Rolls-Royce
Emirates will take its Rolls-Royce-powered Airbus A380 fleet to 33 aircraft once deliveries of the remaining 14 are complete.
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Pentagon lays out F-35’s Tier II global repair network
The US Department of Defense roughly outlined the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II’s Tier II global repair network.
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USAF to struggle with novice aircraft maintainers for years
The US Air Force continues to struggle to keep and replace sufficient numbers of experienced and highly skilled aircraft maintainers.