GE Aerospace’s modified Saab 340B megawatt-class hybrid electric testbed has successfully demonstrated the use of electrically augmented power during takeoff.
SNC announced Nov. 5 it is bringing together three other major companies to compete for the U.S. Air Force’s program to overhaul the avionics and fuel management systems for its workhorse KC-135 tanker.
GE Aerospace will work with the FAA on a road map for hybrid-electric certification and develop more stringent icing tests of the Open Fan under the regulator’s CLEEN program.
Readers writer about aerospace primes, GE Aerospace's acquisitions, the SR-71 Blackbird and risk calculus at NASA. Plus: Behind the Scenes at MRO Asia-Pacific.
Delta TechOps begins engine retrofit for JetZero’s Jet1 blended wing body demonstrator as the search for a powerplant for the production Z4 version goes on.
The FAA will not require Boeing to update 737 MAX flight management system (FMS) software as a prerequisite for certifying the 737-10 because of a software flaw.
Long-running tensions between Boeing and GE Aerospace over engines surfaced again, with 777X the cause du jour. Editors explain the dynamics at play along with other new developments at Boeing.
Clean Aviation research programs will support Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce ducted engine ground tests as CFM wraps up its latest RISE dust ingestion trials for Open Fan.
As Airbus continues to evaluate whether to pursue an open fan for NGSA, the manufacturer's head of propulsion engineering sees one particular challenge if it goes unducted.