Franco-American aerospace company CFM—a joint venture between Safran Aircraft Engines and GE Aerospace—has moved to the next phase of development for its open-fan engine technology. The venture ...

Rolls-Royce produces some of the world's most powerful widebody engines, including one of the two engines that power the A380 ...

Rolls-Royce and the U.S. Air Force validated the F130’s ability to meet performance requirements for the B-52 missions, getting closer to flight testing. Engine maker Rolls-Royce announced on Feb. 24, ...

Safran's new ground testing campaign includes nearly 300 hours of testing at its open-air facility in Istres, France. The PHILEAS engine features electric machines that operate as motors or generators ...

The new contract covers the Post-Critical Design Review phase of the B-52 Commercial Engine Replacement Program, which will replace the TF33 engines with the new F130s. The U.S. Department of War ...

To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like standard hardware. But NASA and GE Aerospace researchers watching the unit fire up ...

Safran Aircraft Engines is ramping up system-level testing for a future open-fan engine as it builds towards full-scale ground tests next year of the front module – including the 4m (13ft)-diameter ...

Rolls-Royce is retiring its Boeing 747-200 "Flying Test Bed" (FTB) after 20 years of service, during which it accumulated over 2,000 hours of testing. The FTB played a crucial role in the development ...

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The aircraft is fitted with special flight test instrumentation and flew for 4 hours and 10 minutes reaching an altitude of ...