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It was the most heavily instrumented engine test in both GE and U.S. Air Force history, and showed that the XA100 can deliver both high thrust and high efficiency for future combat aircraft programs.
Within EUMET, Safran will lead the engine's design and integration, MTU will lead the engine service activities and ITP Aero will develop the low-pressure turbine and the nozzle amongst other items.
Serial number 01’s next flight will combine test activities with a hop to Istres, near Marseilles, where the Dassault flight test centre is located and the bulk of the testing program will take place.
A new deal ensures that there will be available engines for Boeing's Philadelphia production line through 2024 to serve the U.S. Army and foreign partner nations' new aircraft requirements.
The latest versions of the VK-2500 engine have a protective system that restores the normal operation of the engine when it stops, when powder and exhaust gases get in and when surge occurs. Production is under way.
Irkut Corporation is starting ground tests on the MC-21-310 prototype aircraft. It features Russia-manufactured engines which have already been tested in one of the pods of an Ilyushin Il-76.
MHI has not made any significant changes to its production as a result of coronavirus, and expects to expand production going forward. The opening of a new factory on schedule will strengthen competitiveness, it says.
Eight GE9X test engines and two spares have been delivered to Seattle for Boeing's four 777X test aircraft. Several production engines have been assembled, and GE Aviation is now completing factory acceptance tests.
KAI is continuing its long-standing collaboration with GE and, four years after specifying the F414 powerplant for the latest fighter project, has taken delivery of the all-important first engine.
