Pratt & Whitney’s Alan Epstein, VP of Technology & Environment, discusses new engine technology in Jetrader, the magazine of the trade group ISTAT. (This is a two-page article.) Epstein discusses what he calls a 25-30 year gap in new technology…
The last time the aviation industry saw tremendous growth and evolution in aero engines was the 1980s. This was the time when GE joined forces with SNECMA to create CFM. P&W joined with Rolls-Royce, MTU and other to create IAE. …
An article in the Montreal Gazette over the weekend entitled “CSeries story will have happy ending” quotes several noted aviation analysts, including Michael Boyd of Boyd International and Marco Pencak of GMP Securities, as well as our own Scott Hamilton…
The LEAP-X engine program from CFM International is well positioned to be the engine of choice should Boeing choose to re-engine the 737NG series. While Boeing has a “triple option” available – minor upgrades to the existing product, a re-engining…
The engines that power the widebody planes had a difficult start. PW’s JT9D had some teething troubles as did Rolls-Royce’s RB211. General Electric developed its CF6 based on an earlier design, the TF39, and the CF6 also had some teething…
Pratt & Whitney is preparing their first PW1000G PurePower engine for full testing at their Palm Beach facilities. They fully expect both the engine and airframe programs to be on time, believe that several major orders for the Bombardier CSeries…