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Collins reaches 1 megawatt with new hybrid-electric system
In another hybrid-electric update in Paris, Raytheon Technologies said that subsidiary Collins Aerospace has successfully completed a power test at one megawatt of its hybrid-electric flight demonstrator program. This electromotor will be part of the power system that includes an engine developed…
Rolls-Royce ready to start testing AAM turbogenerator
A year after unveiling the plan for a turbogenerator engine that is specifically designed for the Advanced Air Mobility market, Rolls-Royce is about ready to start testing the gas-turbine demonstrator. Actually, the first engine is already on the test rig in…
Boeing forecasts demand for 42.595 new aircraft in the next 20 years
Boeing is predicting the airline industry will need 42.595 new aircraft over the next twenty years through 2042, the airframer says in the latest Commercial Market Outlook (CMO) that has been released today. That is up from 41.170 aircraft in last…
Eve first adopter of Embraer-Nidec electric power system
UPDATE – Embraer is establishing a new joint venture company with Japan’s Nidec Corporation to develop electric propulsion systems for urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles. This includes the eVTOL designed by Eve Air Mobility, a company spun off from Embraer…
CFM gets a better understanding of sand dusting on the LEAP
GE Aerospace and partner Safran have been successful in replicating the circumstances that have affected the durability of the CFM LEAP engines, including high-pressure turbine (HPT) blades and fuel nozzles. Specifically, the effects of sand dusting on the engine are now…