Engines

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

ZeroAvia's ZA2000 hydrogen-electric propulsion system could power airliners seating up to 80 passengers.
August 4, 2022, 8:59 AM

American Airlines Plans Hydrogen-powered Regional Fleet

American Airlines is investing in hydrogen pioneer ZeroAvia and may buy up to 100 of its hydrogen-electric propulsion systems to convert regional jets.

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Jul 19, 2022 - 1:00 PM
EasyJet and Rolls-Royce Launch Hydrogen Engine Partnership
Full-scale hydrogen-fueled ground testing of the Rolls-Royce Pearl 15 engine will follow initial trials on the AE 2100 powerplant.
PBS Velka Bites TJ80-120 turbojet engine
Jul 19, 2022 - 10:35 AM
PBS Unveils Turbine Engine for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Engineering company updates original engine; new engine breaks record for thrust-to-weight ratio
Pratt & Whitney (P&W) Geared Turbofan (GTF)
Jul 19, 2022 - 8:05 AM
Air Lease Taps Pratt GTFs for More Than 220 Jets
Air Lease has agreed to buy Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan engines to power A320s and A220s for a large new aircraft order.
Left to right;Mohamed Ali, Vice President, Engineering, GE Aerospace; Sabine Klauke, Airbus Chief Technical Officer; François Bastin, Vice President, Commercial Engines, Safran Aircraft Engines.
Jul 19, 2022 - 8:00 AM
Airbus, CFM Team on Open Fan Engine Flight Test
Airbus and CFM announced a collaboration to flight test CFM’s open fan engine architecture on an A380 demonstrator.
NASA NEAT (Photo: NASA)
Jul 19, 2022 - 7:02 AM
GE Tests Megawatt-class Hybrid System at High Altitude
The test marks a first for a megawatt class, multi-kilovolt hybrid-electric propulsion system in simulated altitude conditions for a single-aisle aircraft.
ZeroAvia and PowerCell Sweden aviation fuel cell stacks
Jul 19, 2022 - 6:10 AM
ZeroAvia and PowerCell Sign Fuel Cell Stacks MoU
The agreement between ZeroAvia and PowerCell will see production of 5,000 aviation-optimized fuel cell stacks between 2024 and 2028.
Ground testing at GE's Peebles test operation
Jul 19, 2022 - 3:46 AM
New GE Aerospace Unit Laser-focused on Airline Recovery
GE Aerospace's new CEO said it could take another 18 months for the air transport sector to get back to pre-Covid levels of performance.
Raytheon at Farnborough
Jul 19, 2022 - 3:12 AM
Raytheon Subsidiaries Update Market on Pending Innovation
Raytheon is preparing for what forecasters say will be an exponential increase in travel in the next five to 10 years.
Pratt & Whitney India
Jul 19, 2022 - 2:19 AM
Pratt & Whitney To Open India Engineering Center Next Year
The new P&W Indian Engineering Center will add to centers in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and Poland.
Pratt & Whitney modernization
Jul 19, 2022 - 1:46 AM
Pratt & Whitney Process Modernization a Factory Focus
Pratt & Whitney is highlighting its Industry 4.0 transformation at Farnborough as “the next evolution in lean manufacturing.”