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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
Formed at the start of the historic COVID-19 pandemic, the new Raytheon Technologies is doing as well as can be expected. The merger of Raytheon and United Technologies Corp (UTC) …
Raytheon Technologies Defense Operations Balancing Weak Aerospace Market Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. Having long been a conglomerate, UTC has decided that its operations would be better off as three independent companies. …
Collins Aerospace to Lead Three-Way Split of United Technologies Read Moreby Carter Palmer, Power Systems Specialist, Forecast International. Despite drawing equal amounts of praise and ire, the F-35 program is in a continual process of progressing as the airframe surpasses …
F135 Builds On P&W Legacy to Power the F-35 Read Moreby Carter Palmer, Power Systems Specialist, Forecast International. F100 Engine. Source: Pratt & WhitneyCivil aircraft owners and operators are no stranger to engine options. Two or even three engines, as …
Remembering the “Great Engine War” Read Moreby Carter Palmer, Power Systems Specialist, Forecast International. Turbines come in all shapes and sizes, but the unsung heroes of modern aviation are the turbines that start the turbines, the …
APUs Don’t Compete with the Big Boys, but They’re Important Nonetheless Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. With the recent boom in commercial aircraft orders over, focus now turns to fulfilling the tremendous backlogs both Airbus and …
Pratt & Whitney Engine Programs in High Gear Read Moreby J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent. Airbus comfortably won the orders race at the Farnborough International Air Show with 279 orders and commitments, ahead of Boeing’s 182. Both companies stated …
Airbus Beats Boeing at Farnborough – Closes Gap in Orders Race Read Moreby Edward Nebinger, Forecast International. We are pleased to present a brief summary of the latest forecast information on the world’s aviation gas turbines. This information has been derived directly …
The World Aviation Gas Turbine Market 2016 – 2030 Read Moreby J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent. Boeing and Airbus delivered 71 and 57 commercial jets in May 2016, compared to 60 and 47 in the same month last year, respectively. …
Boeing Lands 125 Orders in May, Widens Lead in Orders Race Read MoreSign up for the latest blog posts and products sent straight to your inbox.