Safran held an opening ceremony for the new facility in Guiyang. Credit: Safran SINGAPORE—Safran Aircraft Engines says it will double Leap engine blade production in China as it officially opens a new ...

The integration of adaptive machining and reverse engineering has emerged as a pivotal approach in the maintenance and regeneration of aero‐engine blades, components that are critical to both ...

AMES, Iowa – Engineers know that gas turbine engines for aircraft and power plants are more efficient and burn less fuel when they run at temperatures high enough to melt metal. But how to raise ...

Historic milestone in scaling aircraft production ahead of commercial service Leverages Dayton's workforce, supplier network and aerospace roots to create propeller blade manufacturing hub for Joby ...

PARIS/MONTREAL, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Further delays in deliveries of the latest jet engine from Pratt & Whitney underline the challenges of speeding up manufacturing for multiple planemakers as well as ...

Carbon fiber composites aren't a new thing in jet engine fan blades, including GE Aviation's. But every so often GE engineers have to redesign them to take advantage of advances in carbon composite ...

This shows that Shangfa Composites has achieved progressive results in innovation-driven and collaborative research and made a big step forward in the field of aero engine manufacturing. Looking into ...

Jonathan Chestney, engineering leader at Dowty. Credit: Dowty Jonathan Chestney, engineering leader at GE Aerospace subsidiary Dowty, speaks with Aviation Week Network about advances in aircraft ...

Although robots have been used by the wind energy industry to paint and polish blades, automation has not been widely adopted. Research at the laboratory demonstrates the ability of a robot to trim, ...

Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and Boeing are asking the Federal Aviation Administration for more time and for regulatory exemptions as part of design changes they are making to PW4000-112 turbofans and the ...