A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
Although little information has been coming out of Russia lately due to the war in Ukraine, a recent review and analysis of the UEC Saturn and UEC Perm websites reveals …
Russian Turbine Manufacturers Prioritizing Service Over Production Read More
Five companies have been awarded contracts for the USAF Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion (NGAP) program. This 10-year, near $5 billion effort seeks to develop a prototype engine for a next-generation …
Five Companies Selected for $975 Million USAF Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion Program Read More
Questions have arisen over the status of a Nord Stream 1 gas turbine that was recently in need of repair. The machine was sent to a Siemens Energy maintenance facility …
The Russian Turbine Dilemma Read More
Safran is slowly working its way through the COVID-19 pandemic, with the initiatives it took at the beginning of the crisis helping it along. As Safran focuses primarily on the …
Safran Charts Steady Course Toward Post-Pandemic Recovery Read More
A little over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the aviation industry remains under pressure – a status that is likely to linger for some time to come. Air traffic, …
MTU Aero Engines Sees MRO Recovery In 2021 Read More
The Capstone Turbine Corporation has become a global market leader in micro-turbines. Since Capstone’s formation in 1988, the C200 (200 kW) has been the company’s most successful machine in …
The C200 and Beyond: Capstone’s Most Prolific Machine and Its Future Read More Although Ansaldo Energia has long been involved with both steam and gas turbines, they generally acquired the technology rather than developed machines themselves. Their company literature states that Ansaldo produced …
Ansaldo Energia Breaking into Newer Markets with Older Technology Read More by Carter Palmer, Power Systems Specialist, Forecast International. For the first time, combined-cycle power plants (CCPPs) have surpassed coal-fired power plants in power generation in the U.S. Installed combined-cycle capacity now stands …
Combined-Cycle Plants Surpass Coal-Fired Generation in the U.S. Read More Remember 2017, when General Electric did not have a good year? It just had a worse one, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel.
GE Aviation Gives GE Reason for Optimism Read More The unrest in the Donbass region of Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea have chilled relations between Ukraine and Russia. In terms of turbines, the current troubles have had far-reaching …
Troubled Waters: Russian and Ukrainian Marine Turbines Read More