The Single Spool Core: A proven design for performance and simplicity

December 28, 2017

The Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) is a US Army program that calls on industry to produce a new turboshaft engine that will provide 50% more power, 25% better specific fuel consumption, and reduce life-cycle costs. The program was launched to provide more power to Black Hawk and Apache helicopters that have continued to grow in weight as new armour, ammunition, and avionics have been added to the airframes.

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Queenstown Airport Corporation Ltd

Queenstown Airport is the gateway to the lower South Island of New Zealand. Located in Frankton, 10 minutes from the internationally renowned four-season resort of Queenstown, the airport services the surrounding region with daily domestic flights to/from the international gateways of Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington and regular trans-Tasman flights. It is a bustling commercial hub with about 700 people working at some 60-tenant businesses operating inside the terminal building and within the wider airport perimeter.

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whitePaper | May 4, 2022

When I joined the FAA nearly a quarter century ago as an Aviation. Safety Inspector in the Scottsdale, Ariz. Flight Standards District OfficeI was excited to start a new phase of my aviation career.

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whitePaper | January 21, 2022

This report responds to direction in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017 to submit to Congress a report evaluating the International Space Station as a platform for research, deep space exploration, and low-Earth orbit spaceflight in partnership with its four international space agency partners, and the commercial space sector.

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whitePaper | April 10, 2022

Air travel is essential to the United Kingdom’s economy and to our continued prosperity. In the last 30 years there has been a five-fold increase in air travel. And it has opened up opportunities that for many simply did not exist before; half the population flies at least once a year, and many fly far more often than that.

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Queenstown Airport Corporation Ltd

Queenstown Airport is the gateway to the lower South Island of New Zealand. Located in Frankton, 10 minutes from the internationally renowned four-season resort of Queenstown, the airport services the surrounding region with daily domestic flights to/from the international gateways of Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington and regular trans-Tasman flights. It is a bustling commercial hub with about 700 people working at some 60-tenant businesses operating inside the terminal building and within the wider airport perimeter.

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