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By Douglas A. McIntyre Boeing (NYSE:BA) 777 aircraft engines can ice up and stop working. The engines in question are made by Rolls-Royce, and although the problem is very rare, it is dangerous. The 777 is used for very long trips, often over oceans. According to The Wall Street Journal, “The FAA rejected recommendations by the [...]
AirTransportNews.aero (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
MTU Aero Engines is stepping up its activities in China and will be cooperating with Chinese engine manufacturer AVIC Commercial Aircraft Engine Co. Ltd. (ACAE). In a first step, ACAE and MTU...
News On Women (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The Engine Alliance, a 50/50 joint venture of General Electric (NYSE: GE) and Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp., appointed Mary Ellen Jones President. Mary Ellen, who holds a Master's degree in Management from Johns Hopkins University,...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney has delivered the 400th F119 engine, which powers the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, to the U.S. Air Force. This milestone delivery marks a significant accomplishment for the only operational fifth generation fighter engine in service today and demonstrates the maturity of this highly advanced propulsion system. Pratt & Whitney...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne today helped boost into orbit an Intelsat communications satellite that will provide data, voice and video services for the Americas, Europe and Africa. The satellite includes Intelsat's first Internet Router In Space. The mission, AV-024, launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance...
MACHINIST.IN (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
New Delhi: HAL aspires to be listed amongst the top twenty global defence companies with a turnover of $6 billion in the coming 10 years, said Ashok Nayak, Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).This would call for a five fold increase in production requirements as the company at present holds 34th...
The engineer (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Rolls-Royce secured civil and defence aerospace orders worth more than $2.3bn at the 2009 Dubai Air Show.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
DUBAI AIR SHOW, DUBAI, UAE (MARKET WIRE) Pratt & Whitney Canada Customer Service Centre Europe GmbH, a joint venture between Pratt & Whitney Canada and MTU Aero Engines, has signed a four-year Fleet Management Program(TM)(FMP)(R) agreement with Falcon Aviation Services LLC (FAS) of Abu Dhabi to provide comprehensive maintenance support for PT6T-3DF Twin-Pac(R) engines installed on FAS's fleet...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kontiki, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise video solutions, today announced at the Streaming Media West 2009 conference the successful launch of its Kontiki Enterprise Video Platform service enabling United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) to reach more than 100,000 employee PCs around the world. UTC is one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Rolls-Royce Group plc was downgraded to equal weight from overweight on Wednesday at Morgan Stanley, which cited the limited scope for further upside, but said the long-term thesis is intact. "Rolls-Royce should remain a core holding within civil aerospace for the resilience of its earnings to airline difficulties, visibility afforded by long-term TotalCare contracts,...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DUBAI AIR SHOW -- Pratt & Whitney and Saudi Arabian Airlines signed an agreement expanding Pratt & Whitney's EcoPower® engine wash service network to The Middle East / North Africa. The agreement provides for Saudi Arabian Airlines to wash its own engines and provide engine wash services to other commercial airlines that fly...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt & Whitney has delivered the first ever F100-229 Engine Enhancement Package (EEP) Engine for installation in a Republic of Korea Air Force F-15. This is the first of six EEP engines to be delivered to the ROKAF this year, in addition to the ongoing delivery of engine build kits that will be assembled by Samsung Techwin in Korea. The engine...
The engineer (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Rolls-Royce has secured a $171m contract with Pratt & Whitney to supply its LiftSystem for nine Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing variant F-35B Lightning II aircraft.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Rolls-Royce Plc, the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines, won orders worth almost $2 billion from Air China Ltd and Ethiopian Airlines as it benefits from deliveries and demand for larger planes.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai Aerospace Enterprise said on Sunday it has reached a $340 million agreement with International Aero Engines, a consortium led by Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney , for A320 Airbus aircraft engines.
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