Engine manufacturers are here at EBACE providing a glimpse at where powerplant technology is going for business aviation with several clean-sheet designs or derivatives under development. Honeywell and Rolls-Royce each are working on two programs for business jets, while Pratt & Whitney Canada is involved in one. New players in the field–GE Honda and Snecma–each have a brand-new turbofan to promote, but the latter has yet to find
an application.
In December, the 7,445-pound-thrust Honeywell HTF7250G made its first flight on the Gulfstream G250 and had flown 60 hours as of the first quarter.
“We have logged several thousand hours in HTF7250G development on our test benches, this includes four dedicated engines, among others,” senior technical sales manager for propulsion Mike Bevans told AIN. Certification is pegged for late this year, so Bevans sees most of Honeywell’s test effort as being complete by now.
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