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China’s 1,200 kW homegrown turboprop engine nails brutal cold start test

China has pushed a new piece of aviation hardware through one of the harshest trials in the business, proving that its first ...
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Sikorsky Conducts First Ground Test of GE's T901 Engines on UH-60 Black Hawk

The GE T901 engine was developed as part of the Improved Turbine Engine Program to replace the T700 engines used by U.S. Army's UH-60s and the AH-64s, and was also expected to equip the now-cancelled ...
Aviation Week

Safran Helicopter Engines Developing Turbogenerator For Electra’s eSTOL

LE BOURGET—Safran Helicopter Engines will develop a 600-kW turbogenerator for U.S. startup Electra.aero’s prototype nine-passenger hybrid-electric short-takeoff-and-landing (eSTOL) aircraft. Unveiled ...
Aviation Week

MTU, Safran Sign Military Helicopter Engine JV Agreement

EURA's new engine would power the eventual NH90 replacement. Credit: Airbus European engine heavyweights MTU Aero Engines and Safran Helicopter Engines signaled their effort to develop and produce a ...
Flightglobal

Safran Helicopter Engines touts ‘eco-mode’ technology as future ‘market standard’

Safran Helicopter Engines (SHE) intends to make its ‘eco-mode’ stop-start system a “market standard” on all twin-engined applications of its turboshaft range, according to the manufacturer’s chief ...
Business Wire

Bell 505 Becomes World’s First Single Engine Helicopter to Fly Using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today the Bell 505 completed its first flight fueled solely by 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) ...
The Aviationist

Sikorsky Conducts First Ground Test of GE’s T901 Engines on UH-60 Black Hawk

The GE T901 engine was developed as part of the Improved Turbine Engine Program to replace the T700 engines used by U.S. Army’s UH-60s and the AH-64s, and was also expected to equip the now-cancelled ...