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2021
12 July

ReleaseV2500 engines surpass 250 million flight hours of service

12 July

ReleaseSafran Arrano 1A obtains FAA certification

6 July

ReleaseITP formalises agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada for the PW812D engines

1 July

ReleaseThe engines that started it all: CF6-6 makes final flight

1 July Officials sign the ATAK 2 engine contract.

Turkish Aerospace signs up Motor Sich for ATAK 2 engine

The ATAK 2 helicopter will have approximately twice the take-off weight of the current model, and is expected to fly during 2023. The first engines are scheduled to arrive in September 2022.

23 June An artist’s impression of Wave Engine Corp.’s Versatile Air-Launched Platform (VALP) launched from a fighter aircraft.

USAF awards contract for Wave's innovative low-cost engines

Wave engines are a class of aircraft engines that operate using pressure waves instead of rotating machinery. Intermittent combustion inside a hollow tube produces pressure waves that push hot gases and produce thrust.

16 June The CFM Rise initiative will take a fresh look at airframe integration.

CFM sets sights on composites, additive manufacturing and hybrid electric

GE Aviation and Safran's partnership in CFM is to continue to 2050, enabling ongoing work on developments to reduce emissions and fuel consumption. The Rise program promises disruptive technologies.

15 June

ReleaseUEC will begin testing the nodes of the promising PD-35 engine in 2021

7 June

ReleaseUAV Navigation announces partnership with Power4Flight

3 June Testbed 80 is the global hub of Rolls-Royce aeroengine testing.

Larger and smarter, Rolls-Royce unveils £90m testbed

Larger than a football pitch, Testbed 80 was designed with distinctive technologies and systems which are more capable and complex. It has conducted its first run on a Trent XWB engine earlier this year.

3 June

ReleaseRolls-Royce starts testing most powerful hybrid-electric propulsion system in aerospace

3 June

UEC-Klimov kicks off work on hybrid power plant

Unmanned aerial vehicles, regional airliners and light multipurpose helicopters could all be powered by a new hybrid power unit now under development by UEC-Klimov. The company has a target date of 2028.

2 June

ReleaseGE Aviation breaks ground for new manufacturing operations in Ohio's Miami Valley Research Park

27 May The VK-2500P Russian helicopter engine is the latest modification of the VK-2500 engine.

Full scale production of VK-2500P engines begins

UEC Klimov ramps up production of the VK-2500P turboshaft engines designed for the Mi-28NM helicopter

25 May

ReleaseHanwha Aerospace signs a contract for supplying aircraft engine parts worth $3.2 billion (equivalent to KRW 36 billion in Korea) with GE in the United States

25 May

ReleaseVK-1600V fully designed in 3D

25 May

ReleasePratt & Whitney Canada celebrates 100th PT6 E-Series engine

20 May The first XA100 adaptive cycle engine has successfully completed tests.

Adaptive cycle engine tests prove efficiency and thrust benefits

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.

18 May

ReleaseUEC assembled the first prototype gas generator of the PD-8 engine for the SSJ-NEW airliner

17 May

ReleasePratt & Whitney GTF engines now power more than 1,000 aircraft

7 May

ReleaseGKN Aerospace delivers first Intermediate Compressor Case for UltraFan engine

6 May How the Next-Generation Fighter (NGF) will look in flight.

Engine experts team up for Europe's future fighter

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.

14 April

ReleaseWilliams International completes successful flight test of 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

7 April

ReleasePratt & Whitney submits proposal to power the F-15EX with the F100

29 March

ReleaseAirbus to boost "cold" technology testing as part of its decarbonisation roadmap

29 March

ReleaseRolls-Royce reaches new milestone as world's largest aero-engine build starts

11 March The T55 turboshaft engine powers the Boeing CH-47 Chinook. (Photo: Honeywell)

Contract ensures ongoing engine deliveries for Chinooks

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.

11 March Dassault's Falcon 6X takes to the air. (Photo: Dassault Aviation)

Dassault achieves on-time departure for Falcon 6X

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.

3 March

ReleaseJetoptera receives contract awards from US Air Force

17 February

ReleaseReaction Engines completes further validation of SABRE technology

10 February

ReleaseGE Honda Aero Engines continues expansion of Foreign Certification Validation for HF120

5 February

ReleaseRolls-Royce and HAL expand partnership with supply chain MoUs and MRO for Adour and Trent engines

4 February

ReleaseQMS of JSC UEC-Klimov complies with international and national standards

2 February

ReleaseGE's F110 engine powers first flight of Boeing F-15EX

29 January

ReleaseRostec has started testing the first Russian engine for light helicopters

21 January Sub-assemblies of the VK-2500P / PS engines no longer need to be revised at UEC-Klimov.

UEC streamlines latest VK-2500 engine production

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.

14 January

ReleaseRolls-Royce runs first engine on world's largest and smartest aerospace Testbed

2020
15 December

ReleaseAirplane MC-21-310 with Russian PD-14 engines made its first flight

15 December

ReleaseThe Diamond DART-550 takes its first H75-A powered flight

27 November

ReleaseDenis Manturov appreciated the preparation of MC-21-310 with PD-14 engine for the first flight

17 November

ReleaseThe GE90 engine celebrates 25 years of service

13 November

ReleaseThe work of the prototype commission on the new VK-1600V engine has been completed

11 November The new MHI Aero Engines plant at Nagasaki opened in November.

MHI completes aero engine component factory in Nagasaki

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.

11 November

ReleaseEUROJET signs contract with NETMA for provision of 56 new EJ200 engines for the German Air Force

11 November The MC-21-310 prototype aircraft with Russian PD-14 engines.

First MC-21 with Russian PD-14 engines rolls out

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.

3 November

ReleaseHill Helicopters reveals innovative new engine design for the HX50

22 October

ReleasePratt & Whitney announces plans for at least $650m investment through 2027 in turbine airfoil production facility in North Carolina

20 October

ReleasePratt & Whitney awarded contract for F135 modernization study

13 October

ReleaseGE Aviation, U.S. Army near completion of FATE program

30 September The GE9X engine has been certified by the FAA.

Newly-certified GE9X engines delivered to 777X program

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.