Jet engines fanning the flame of conflict

MONTREAL - A simmering battle between aircraft-engine makers is the last thing Bombardier Inc.'s fledgling CSeries needs at this point.

But the potentially bruising fight - regarding a patent on a version of the engine destined for the CSeries - does not seriously threaten the ambitious development schedule or performance targets Bombardier has set, parties involved said Friday.

And Will Alibrandi, the aero gas turbine analyst at Connecticut-based Forecast International, agreed, saying that the battle's main effect would not be on the engine's technical performance, but in the domain of......

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