The US Air Force expects its next-generation adaptive fighter engine to be ready for aircraft integration by around 2030, marking a major milestone in the service’s effort to modernize military propulsion systems.
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The US Air Force expects the F-35 Engine Core Upgrade to reach its critical design review in August, a senior service propulsion official said on July 27.
Swiss International Air Lines (LX) is permanently removing two Airbus A220-100 aircraft from its fleet as the carrier seeks to strengthen operations of its larger A220-300 jets amid ongoing engine availability challenges.
GE Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney advance XA102 and XA103 adaptive-cycle engines for the US Air Force Boeing F-47 fighter.
RTX’s Pratt & Whitney has secured a major regulatory milestone after the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certified the GTF Advantage™ engine for the Airbus A320neo family aircraft.
The Pentagon has awarded Pratt & Whitney a $6.6 billion contract to supply F135 engines for upcoming F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program production batches.
Industry data shows that roughly 22% of all Airbus A220 jets are currently out of service because of problems with their Pratt & Whitney PW1500G engines.
Pratt & Whitney (PW) and Boeing are asking the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for more time and regulatory exemptions tied to safety-driven redesigns of PW4000-112 turbofans used on Boeing 777s.
The US Navy has awarded Pratt & Whitney (P&W) a contract modification valued at nearly $2.9 billion to produce more F135 engines for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, introduced in 1976 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, boasts an unmatched 104:0 air to air kill ratio.