Engines
Honeywell expands engine offerings, plans return to helicopter business
Barry Eccleston wants to take Honeywell back into the commercial helicopter business in a big way, while at the same time finding another airframe on which

Barry Eccleston wants to take Honeywell back into the commercial helicopter business in a big way, while at the same time finding another airframe on which to hang the company’s newly renamed HTF7000 turbofan, which now powers only the Bombardier Challenger 300.

The engine manufacturer’s LTS101-850 turboshaft currently is mounted in the Coast Guard’s HH-65 (Eurocopter Dauphin), and Honeywell is developing an FAA-certified variant of that engine called the LTS101-700D2. The company plans to propose the engine for retrofit in existing helicopters, particularly the Eurocopter AS 350B2 AStar.

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