Powertrains/Propulsion
The Latest...Engines at the core of new programs2008-08-06 10:27 GMT
Having reached a plateau in turbofan engine development in recent years, the scene is now being set for the next step up in conventional engine performance gains, with progress being made toward new-generation engines.
Read full story
 
Monitoring blade vibrations and tip clearance
2008-07-10 16:33 GMT
MTU Aero Engines has developed a combined noncontact blade vibration and tip clearance measurement system to prevent damage from occurring on development engines and to facilitate reliable prediction of the blade life.
Read full story
Synthetic jet fuel gets real
2008-06-30 08:47 GMT
For the past nine years, South Africa-based Sasol has supplied a fuel mixture comprised of a coal-to-liquid (CTL) component blended with crude-oil-derived kerosene to international airlines operating from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.
Read full story
A fuel-cell first
2008-06-30 07:35 GMT
With the global aerospace community committed to a greener future, a Boeing-led research team has successfully flown what it says is the world’s first manned aircraft powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Fuel-cell technology itself is not new, but this aviation initiative by Boeing Research and Technology-Europe looks destined to play an important part in the ongoing search for more environmentally friendly ways of flying.
Read full story
GE/Rolls-Royce team completes F136 high-altitude tests
2008-06-30 07:34 GMT
The GE/Rolls-Royce fighter engine team has completed a high-altitude afterburner testing program at the U.S. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in Tennessee, including common exhaust hardware for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft.
Read full story
|
Products
The lightweight, high-torque Lycoming engine X-Drive starter from Kelly Aerospace was developed to meet the needs of the aerospace industry. It starts with the same permanent magnet motor as the...more News
Volvo Aero entered into an agreement with Pratt & Whitney to join P&W’s Geared Turbofan engine program. Under this arrangement, Volvo Aero will be responsible for three major components ...more After several years of working closely with the U.S. Navy and Marines Corps, GE-Aviation has been awarded $1.4 million in initial funding to perform nonrecurring engineering work associated with the i...more The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a $2.2 million contract for the fabrication and ground test of a Solar Thermal Propulsion rocket engin...more Eaton Corp. has been awarded an equipment contract with the U.S. FAA projected to exceed $40 million over a 10-year period. One of three FAA contracts currently held by Eaton, the new agreement encomp...more Mooney Airplane Co. has entered into a joint engineering project with Rolls-Royce to explore using the RR500 as an alternative-fuel (Jet A) powerplant to complement the current Mooney product line. Mo...more |
