2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Peter Shaw-Smith

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

News and developments about aircraft engines, including turbofan, turboprop, turboshaft and piston.

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

CFM holds a worldwide backlog of more than 10,000 Leap engines

Sanad Completes MRO Process on First Leap Engine for Flydubai

Charles Alcock

News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.

Key objectives are to support new narrowbody airliners by the mid-2030s and larger aircraft by 2050

MTU Steps Up Work on Fuel Cells and Water-Enhanced Turbofan

Gregory Polek

California-headquartered supplier to expand site in Staverton, UK

Ontic Assumes Manufacture, Support of Honeywell TRAS 

Curt Epstein

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

Combining fuel cells and SAF could accelerate decarbonization efforts

GE Receives Grant To Develop Hybrid Fuel Cell Engine

Matt Thurber

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

This second test was conducted in Japan

GE Honda Aero Continues Neat SAF Tests

David Donald

PWC has notched 1 billion flight hours on its aero engines

Pratt & Whitney Canada Achieves Major Milestones in 2023

News and developments about aviation fuel, including jet fuel, aviation gasoline, and biofuel.

The test flights involved a year of preparation and many partnerships

Embraer 100% SAF Tests Presented Challenges

First flight test example is being prepared for test before year-end

Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X Engine Passes 2,000 Hours

The EcoPulse technology demonstrator has hitherto only flown on turboprop power

EcoPulse Readies for First Electric Flight

Also showing a five-blade carbon fiber swept prop for King Air 250s

Hartzell Touts Carbon Fiber Prop Systems 

Hanneke Weitering

Engine performance on SAF matched that of Jet-A

Embraer Flies Phenom 300E, Praetor 600 on 100% SAF

QTA has developed corrosion-resistant thrust-reverser doors for the HTF7000

Tackling Thrust-reverser Corrosion—Once and For All

More Pratt, Rolls Models Join Program 

EAP Expands Product Line for Third Year Running

Kerry Lynch

The Grid initially will have test capability of 8 megawatts

Collins Opens Power Lab for Hybrid, Electric Tech

Boeing appoints Pratt & Whitney and Collins as suppliers for NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator

RTX To Supply Engines and Nacelles for X-66A Demonstrator

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

The acquisition includes facilities in France, the U.S., and Singapore

Safran Acquires Thales' Electrical Systems Business

GE Aerospace returns to take top honors for turbofan engine makers.

Product Support Survey 2023—Engines

The aero engines group has also tested a new small gas turbine intended for hybrid-electric powertrains

Rolls-Royce Runs Pearl 700 on Hydrogen Fuel

Charlotte Bailey

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

Planned merger with Cranfield Aerospace Solutions delayed, but work on hydrogen propulsion continues

Britten-Norman Resumes UK Production of Islander

Mark Huber

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

Lima+ will feature engine and avionics upgrades

Black Widow and XP Join To Produce New UH-60 Variant

Engines