Pratt & Whitney continues to insist its engine offering for the next generation of single-aisle aircraft will be a traditional ducted fan engine, eschewing the open-fan design of its rival CFM ...

Airbus is considering an open rotor engine, developed with CFM, for its A320 replacement, which is projected to offer a 20% reduction in fuel burn due to its exposed, counter-rotating turbine vanes.

The narrow-body plane would have two open-rotor engines above a wide tail fin, with a lightweight body constructed of carbon composites. “This is not Star Trek technology,” EasyJet Chief Executive ...

Engine manufacturer has sought several patents for open-fan designs in the past two years, even as it publicly commits to developing an updated GTF for next-generation single-aisle aircraft. i The ...

More energy efficiency means four, rather than six, open rotor engines Airbus’ latest hydrogen airliner concept features four, rather than six, open rotor engines.

Wind-tunnel testing of multiple configurations of sub-scale blades for GE's Open Rotor engine is being conducted to identify the optimum blade design for the engine's two counterrotating stages of ...