Plans to flight test CFM International’s Open Fan engine on an Airbus A380 are accelerating following the initial meeting of ...

Work on a Safran Aircraft Engines-led project that will culminate in flight tests of an open-fan engine aboard an Airbus A380 in 2029 has officially kicked off.

This article was updated on Wednesday, February 4, to include additional information on past unducted fan concepts. It was originally published on Monday, February 2. Singapore is positioning itself ...

In February, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), CFM International and Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish Singapore as the world’s first airport testing ground for ...

One of the major challenges facing CFM International’s Open Fan is the question of how to integrate the unducted engine with an airframe without incurring aerodynamic and weight penalties which could ...

Safran Aircraft Engines has launched the TAKE OFF project under the European Union’s Clean Aviation programme to advance the development of the Open Fan engine architecture and prepare it for its ...

PARIS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - French-US jet engine maker CFM is studying ⁠a ⁠more conventional "advanced ducted" engine design alongside its ⁠preferred option for a radical open-fan concept for future ...

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 ...