As part of Digital Propulsion (DigiProp), the National Composites Centre (NCC) has designed and manufactured a full-scale prototype of a propeller blade and its manufacturing system for turboprop ...

CompositesWorld Senior Editor Ginger Gardiner recently paid a visit to Dowty Propellers in Gloucester, U.K. You can read about what she found there in her report, “Plant tour: Dowty Propellers, ...

Collins Aerospace says the eight-blade NP2000 composite propellers on the Lockheed Martin C-130H enable more traction for a given propeller diameter. Credit: Collins Aerospace Propeller manufacturers ...

The two-blade, 80-inch diameter next-generation advanced structural composite Hartzell Trailblazer swept-tip prop can now replace Hartzell’s aluminum constant-speed propeller which comes standard on ...

Jonathan Chestney, engineering leader at Dowty. Credit: Dowty Jonathan Chestney, engineering leader at GE Aerospace subsidiary Dowty, speaks with Aviation Week Network about advances in aircraft ...

Blackhawk Aerospace is working to certify five-blade Hartzell composite propellers for Beechcraft King Air 350s with the company’s XP67A Engine+ upgrade. © Chad ...

Hartzell’s presence at NBAA-BACE showcases the company’s deep investments in developing advanced carbon fiber propellers, which deliver cutting-edge improvements in performance, efficiency and value.” ...

BROCKWORTH, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dowty Propellers today inaugurated its new facility in Brockworth, England to provide a modern operation for the company’s development, manufacture and support of ...

The US Air Force is nearing the end of a flight test programme to measure the performance of Hamilton Sundstrand eight-blade NP2000 composite propellers for the Lockheed Martin C-130. Since May, ...

Daher (Nantes, France) has delivered a turboprop-powered Kodiak 100 to the North Carolina Forest Service’s Aviation Division (Raleigh), which becomes a new customer as well as the initial operator of ...

Retrofit programme is delayed for tests to show if vibration affects Hawkeye's turboprop engine or avionics The US Navy's programme to retrofit new eight-blade propellers to its Northrop Grumman E-2C ...

Its history of firsts-to-market includes the all-composite propeller blade and full-authority digital propeller control. More than 23,000 advanced composite blades have been delivered to date by Dowty ...