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A hydrogen-powered aircraft just completed its longest test flight yet — a zero-emission engine that burns hydrogen instead of a drop of jet fuel

On April 4, 2026, a 7.5-tonne unmanned cargo aircraft lifted off from Zhuzhou, a manufacturing hub in China’s Hunan province, and flew for 16 minutes without burning a single drop of jet fuel. The ...
Aviation Week

SR Technics Opens GTF Engine Shop, Reactivates Second Test Cell

ZURICH—SR Technics has opened its maintenance facility for the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engine here in Zurich, while also completing the reconstruction of a reactivated second test cell ...
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Willis Lease Finance Corporation and Global Engine Maintenance Form Joint Venture to Establish Engine Test Cell Facility in Florida

Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) announced that its subsidiary, Willis Engine Repair Center (WERC), has formed a joint venture with Global Engine Maintenance (GEM) to create Willis Global ...
Aviation Week

EME Aero Grows GTF Capacity After Opening Second Test Cell

RZESZOW, Poland—EME Aero, the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engine MRO joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and MTU Aero Engines, has grown capacity at its site in Poland with the entry ...
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In a first, hydrogen engine restart for high-altitude conditions tested by GE Aerospace

GE Aerospace and its subsidiary Avio Aero have successfully completed the first engine restart ...
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Vitrek Expands MTI PBS Engine Balancing Systems for Both On-Wing and Test Cell Applications with ARINC Data Integration

Unified balancing platform supports digital engine data acquisition across multiple aircraft platforms, improving accuracy, efficiency & workflow integration ...
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NASA runs first engine tests on supersonic X-59 research aircraft

Nov. 6 (UPI) --NASA engineers fired the engines on the X-59 research aircraft in advance of planned test flights to determine if the aircraft can reduce sonic booms and make supersonic flight over ...
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Wright Steps Up Ground Testing for 2.5MW Electric Motor

The company aims to convert 100-seat airliners and military aircraft to electric propulsion Wright Electric has started a new round of ground tests with electric motors at its Albany, New York ...
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MTU modifies Flying Fuel Cell validation plan and drops Do 228 test flights

An MTU Aero Engines project to develop a fuel cell powertrain has quietly abandoned plans to flight-test the system aboard a modified Dornier 228 twin-turboprop. Led by the German propulsion ...

China flies a 7.5-ton hydrogen cargo plane, and the test turns clean aviation into a heavy-lift race

While much of the world is still watching oil prices with one eye on the gas pump and the other on the next shipping bill, China has flown a heavy unmanned cargo airplane using a hydrogen turboprop ...
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NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft Fires Up Engine For The First Time Ahead Of First Flight

X-59’s engine started for testing for the first time. NASA’s Quesst (“Quiet SuperSonic Technology”) mission recently achieved a key milestone as it began testing the engine that will power the X-59, ...
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Vitrek Expands MTI PBS Engine Balancing Systems for Both On-Wing and Test Cell Applications with ARINC Data Integration

Vitrek is enabling MRO providers to access and utilize aircraft-generated digital engine data across both on-wing and test cell balancing applications through its MTI Instruments PBS eXpress platform.