America's two top manufacturers of jet engines. Who are they, how do they differ in design, and how do they differ in ...

PW1000G turbofans runs about 0.5% above specification ... The geared turbo fans eliminate this constraint, by adding a 'gearbox' between the fan and the shafts. This allows the fan to operate ...

Pratt & Whitney has started working on a new family of engines for the military aircraft market based on a gear-less version of the PW1000G series now under development for airliners. The company ...

GTF Advantage begins the process of evolving the baseline PW1000G engine for greater fuel ... Even with the added weight of the gearbox, this enables an aircraft to fly farther on a given amount ...

“In terms of bird strikes, it has behaved very well,” he says. He notes that the reduction gear in the PW1000G series means the tips of the fan blades travel at “barely sonic ...

According to the preliminary report, the left Pratt & Whitney PW1000G engine was subsequently ... found damage to the left ...

The Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine design involves a gear system separating the engine fan from the ... and engine noise. The PW1000G series engines have been selected as the exclusive option ...

The PurePower PW1000G demonstrator engine showed the performance and operational benefits of the engine’s unique gear system.’ The PW1000G engine features Pratt & Whitney’s patented Geared Turbofan ...

Pratt & Whitney is poised to conduct a key fan blade-out test for its PW1000G geared turbofan over the next few days that could decide if novel hybrid-metallic technology will be featured in the ...

As engine makers jostle for position on Boeing’s potential New Midsize Airplane (NMA), CFM International hints that a new engine architecture with a gear-driven ... of its PW1000G geared fan ...

MTU Aero Engines faces significant financial impact due to quality issues with PW1000G geared turbofan. Analyst estimates for MTU Aero Engines need to be revised further to accurately reflect the ...