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Boeing alert airlines about 777 engine problem
(Reuters) – General Electric Co (GE.N) and Boeing Co (BA.N) have alerted airlines about a potential problem with engines on Boeing’s long-range 777 jumbo jet that caused the engines to shut in mid-flight twice this year.
The problem affects about… Continue reading
Boeing Selects GE as Engine Partner for 777X Studies
SEATTLE, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) development study on improvements to the market-leading 777, known as 777X,… Continue reading
Pratt & Whitney, U.S. Air Force Complete First Depot Overhaul of an F119 Engine
Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), together with its U.S. Air Force partner at the F119 Heavy Maintenance Center (HMC) at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., celebrated another significant milestone in the F119 program –… Continue reading
Pentagon grounded F-35 due to engine blade crack
All flight operations of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighter planes have been suspended over an engine problem discovered on one of the aircraft, the US Department of Defense (DoD) said on Friday.
According to the DoD, a routine… Continue reading
USAF KC-135 tankers get a boost from innovative, fuel-saving engines
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) — Some decades-old KC-135 Stratotanker are drinking from the fountain of youth — or at least the engines are.
Airmen installed the first of 1,440 upgraded Stratotanker engines at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.,… Continue reading
Pratt & Whitney Delivers Final Production F119 Engine to the U.S. Air Force
Pratt & Whitney Military Engines today delivered the 507th and last production F119 engine to the U.S. Air Force for its F-22 Raptor fleet. The F119 Final Engine Delivery ceremony at the Middletown, Conn. Engine Center was held with representatives… Continue reading
Rolls-Royce wins new engine support contract in Saudi Arabia
Following agreement between the Governments of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom, under the Saudi British Defence Co-operation Programme, Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a contract to provide support for engines powering the Royal… Continue reading
Pratt & Whitney Receives $300 Million Contract to Support F100 Engine Maintenance for Republic of Korea
Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), has received a $300 million Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract from the Republic of Korea government in support of the F100 engines powering the Republic of Korea Air Force… Continue reading
Russia upgrading booster rocket for NASA manned missions
Russia was modernizing a booster which U.S. space agency NASA would use for manned flights, a Russian rocket engine manufacturer said Wednesday.
“We are adjusting the RD-180 engine for manned missions,” Executive Director of NPO Energomash company Vladimir Solntsev told… Continue reading
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Reaches Milestone in Development of America’s Next Rocket Engine for Human Spaceflight
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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed the last hot-fire test on the J-2X powerpack – an important step toward development of America’s next rocket engine designed for human spaceflight. NASA has selected the J-2X as the upper-stage… Continue reading
U.S. Navy Exercises Contract Option for 52 F414 Engines
The U.S. Navy exercised a 2013 contract option for the procurement of 52 GE F414 engines in support of the Navy’s planned procurement of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers. This contract option follows the Navy’s decision to purchase 82… Continue reading
‘Bang and flash’ engine trouble hits Emirates A380
(AFP) An engine problem has forced an Emirates A380 superjumbo to turn back to Sydney, the airline said Monday, with passengers hearing a loud bang and seeing a flash of orange.
The pilot of the Dubai-bound Airbus plane carrying 380… Continue reading