Type certification of Rolls-Royce’s newest widebody powerplant, the Trent 7000, is “imminent” as the engine makes its first appearance at this year’s Farnborough Airshow beneath the wings of the Airbus A330-900neo.
The head of UTC Aerospace Systems talks about his new combined company with Rockwell Collins, pressures from Boeing and the all-digital future of aerospace.
A joint survey conducted by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Aviation Week indicates airlines want an aircraft that resembles a more capable successor to the 737 rather than the 757.
It appears the front-running position to power Boeing’s new mid-market airplane is CFM’s to lose as the airframer starts evaluating proposals from engine OEMs.
A liftoff thrust approaching 6,000 metric tons and mass exceeding 4,000 metric tons would evidently apply to the largest version, which would have four boosters.
Some of this advanced—but unrealized—capability that Japan is seeking could come from the radar that will detect and track targets and guide interceptors to them.
The hot subject at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Propulsion & Energy conference was electrification—of aircraft, spacecraft and even the surface of the Moon.
Growing U.S. and international interest in low-cost counterinsurgency aircraft has prompted the development of new aircraft derivatives of existing types.
