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Wärtsilä’s 4-stroke ammonia engine tests reduce GHG emissions by up to 90%

Wärtsilä has announced the results of extensive testing of its 4-stroke ammonia engine, which demonstrated a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 90% compared to traditional diesel ...
Aviation Week

Ground tests underway for CSeries engines

Ground testing of Pratt & Whitney's first PW1524G engine for the Bombardier CSeries family of aircraft continues on schedule validating performance expectations. The engine is the first of an ...
The Aviationist

Pratt & Whitney Successfully Tests Rotating Detonation Engine

The Rotating Detonation Engine being developed by Pratt & Whitney has no moving parts, which reduces complexity and costs, and could help enable high-speed, long-range flight with increased efficiency ...
American Machinist

GE Tests Hybrid Electric Engine Tech

GE Aerospace tested a high-bypass turbofan engine fitted with electric motor/generators to supplement power during different phases of operation. The design optimizes engine performance, so the ...
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 ...
SpaceNews

NASA Successfully Complete First Series of Ares Engine Tests

STENNIS, Miss. — NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, ...
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Astrobotic tests detonation engine, hitting 4,000 lb. of thrust

Astrobotic Technology says it has fired a rotating detonation rocket engine at 4,000 pounds of thrust, a milestone that puts the Pittsburgh-based lunar logistics company at the leading edge of an ...
Flightglobal

Superjet fitted with PD-8 engines tests performance at cruise speeds and altitudes

United Aircraft’s re-engined Yakovlev Superjet 100 has carried out flight at cruise altitude as part of the test programme for its Aviadvigatel PD-8 powerplant. The aircraft is serving as a PD-8 ...
Yahoo

China tests five rocket engines in single day to strengthen space program

Signalling the implementation of major aerospace projects in the new year, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) conducted five rocket engine tests on Thursday in Beijing and ...
GeekWire

New Frontier Aerospace tests 3D-printed rocket engine for future flight applications

Flames stream from New Frontier Aerospace’s Mjölnir rocket engine during a hot-fire test. (NFA Photo) Kent, Wash.-based New Frontier Aerospace says it has put its 3D-printed Mjölnir rocket engine ...
Flightglobal

SJ-100’s PD-8 engine passes blade-out containment tests

Blade-failure tests have been carried out on the Aviadvigatel PD-8 engine for Russia’s import-substituted Yakovlev SJ-100. United Engine says the PD-8 passed the test “successfully” on a rig at its ...