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 by Sam Howard Washington (UPI) Jun 1, 2018
The U.S. Navy is exercising an option in its contract with Rolls-Royce, awarding the company $28.3 million for engines for the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. Rolls-Royce will deliver 15 production AE1107C engines, including seven for the Marine Corps, six for the Navy and two for the Air Force, the Defense Department said Thursday. The AE1107C engines weigh 971 pounds each and deliver 7,000 shaft horsepower. Rolls-Royce has produced more than 860 of the engines. Work on the engines is expected to take place in Indianapolis, Ind., and will finish in May 2019. The Defense Department is paying for the contract modification using fiscal 2017 aircraft procurement funds from the Air Force and fiscal 2018 aircraft procurement funds from the Navy. None of the money will expire by the end of the current fiscal year. Made by Bell-Boeing, the V-22 Osprey is a tiltrotor aircraft that can take off and land vertically.
China plane makes emergency landing after window cracks Beijing (AFP) May 30, 2018 An airplane flying from China to Vietnam turned back to make an emergency landing after cracks appeared in a window, just two weeks after another airliner's cockpit window broke mid-flight in the country, state media said Wednesday. The Beijing Capital Airlines flight bound for Nha Trang in southern Vietnam with 211 people aboard returned to the eastern city of Hangzhou around an hour after take-off on Tuesday, the official Xinhua news agency said. "After an hour of flight, the plane suddenly jo ... read more
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