Daily Memo: Boeing’s -5X Project A Must-Win For Engine OEMs

Ultrafan
The -5X is the only conceivable platform on the horizon for the Rolls-Royce UltraFan.
Credit: Rolls-Royce
As Boeing is quietly beginning to work on what is now being called the -5X project—a small widebody aircraft derived from the new mid-market airplane (NMA) studies—things are getting serious for the three engine OEMs, too. The aircraft, if launched, would be the only new application for a new engine...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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