Gripen Demo, a new flying development platform for current and future generations of Gripen, is unvealed today for the first time. One of the new features is a completely new radar, that Saab (STO:SAABB) is developing in collaboration with the French company Thales.
“We have equipped this aircraft with a new stronger engine and a [...]

The GEnx aircraft engine, in which Volvo Aero (STO:VOLVA) (STO:VOLVB) plays a major role, has received airworthiness certification from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). “Certification is an important milestone in the work to develop the environmentally adapted aircraft engines of the future. This is the fruit of four years of hard work, involving many,” [...]

The GEnx-2B engine that will power the new Boeing 747-8 aircraft has started its certification program with a successful ground testing at General Electric’s outdoor testing facility in Peebles, Ohio. During the first ground testing the GEnx-2B demonstrated 70,950 pounds of takeoff thrust. “The successful engine testing marks a highly significant milestone for the project [...]