Engines
HTF10000 moves toward late-’08 core run
Phoenix-based engine and avionics manufacturer Honeywell says its 10,000-pound-thrust engine contender is well under way.

Phoenix-based engine and avionics manufacturer Honeywell says its 10,000-pound-thrust engine contender is well under way. Ron Rich, the company’s director of advanced technologies, told AIN that parts for the company’s HTF10000 demonstrator have already been ordered, with the core engine expected to be operational by the end of next year.

According to Rich, the new engine borrows heavily in architecture from its smaller sibling, the HTF7000–which powers the Bombardier Challenger 300 and currently has more than 200,000 hours of service. “Architecturally, the engine is quite similar to the -7000 and that is on purpose, to minimize the risks associated with new engine to new aircraft,” he said.