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EDITORIAL – There are no winners when economic sanctions are imposed
The current political tensions in the Ukraine have resulted in economic sanctions imposed by the US and its western allies on Russia. We have no interest in politics, but when political actions impact the industry, it hits our radar screen.…
MC-21 News
IRKUT put out some news today about their MC-21 program. The news is that a meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Yuri Slyusar, Director of Aviation industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and…
The PurePower Program at Pratt & Whitney – Current Status and Future Plans
The Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) has been selected for use on five of the seven new narrow-body programs under development, including Bombardier’s CSeries, Airbus A320neo, Mitsubishi Regional Jet, IRKUT MS-21, and Embraer E2Jets. We spoke with Bob Saia,…
India seems serious about the RTA
News from India points to a serious attempt to develop a regional turboprop. As we have written recently, we see a surge of interest in turboprops, particularly at the 90-100 seat segment. The planned Indian RTA is in that segment.…
The Turboprop Surge
Hidden amidst the first flights for CSeries and A350, and launches of 787-10 and 777-X, the turboprop market has quietly been gaining strength in the second half of 2013, and appears to be well positioned for success in 2014. We’ve…