Key market opportunities in the aircraft engine blade sector include the growing demand for lightweight, high-temp-resistant materials, advanced manufacturing techniques for turbine blade production, ...

Lag is the bane of every turbocharged engine, and the ways people have tried to eliminate it boggle the mind. From twincharging to cold-air antilag, an MGU-H, or even just one turbo per cylinder, it ...

The US Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Programme (ITEP) is scheduled to receive a critical design review in mid-June. Development of the GE Aviation T901-GE-900 turboshaft was delayed by two weeks due ...

General Electric‘s (NYSE: GE) aviation subsidiary has won a potential $517.4M engineering and manufacturing development contract to provide a new turbine engine for the U.S. Army’s Apache and Black ...

Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: The United States Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) team reached a major milestone in their mission to amplify the performance and capabilities of the Army’s ...

Several months ago, a boat manufacturer needed to verify the performance of the surplus gas turbine helicopter engines he was going to buy from the US government to power speedboat racers. The problem ...

Sometime in the very near future, probably this month, the U.S. Army will announce the winner of a competition to develop a new engine for most of the service’s helicopters. Called the Improved ...

The helicopter's operational versatility means many missions take place in harsh environments in which systems are exposed to airborne contamination including sand, abrasive dust, corrosive salt, and ...