GE Aviation fired up on CMCs

EVENDALE, OH| September 8, 2015 Ceramic matrix composites (CMC) are a critical pathway on GE Aviation’s technology roadmap, and recent tests on a GEnx demonstrator engine with GE9X CMC components in the combustor and turbine yielded impressive r..

FAA Selects UTC Aerospace Systems to Develop Greener Advanced Nacelle Technologies for Its CLEEN II Initiative

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today that UTC Aerospace Systems' Aerostructures business has been selected to participate in a program to develop new enabling nacelle technologies to..

GE Aviation Awarded FAA CLEEN II Funding Funded technology programs aim to improve fuel burn, lower NOx emissions and reduce noise on jet engines and aircraft

EVENDALE, OH| September 8, 2015 The Federal Aviation Administration awarded GE Aviation funding for the maturation and demonstration of several advanced technologies that will reduce fuel consumption, emissions and noise under the second phase of ..

Qantas Selects GEnx Engines to Power Its New Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners

EVENDALE, OH| August 20, 2015 Qantas chose the GEnx-1B engine to power its recently ordered eight Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. This engine order is valued at more than $400 million (USD) list price. Deliveries will begin in 2017. “Qantas’ sele..

CFM Delivers First LEAP-1C to COMAC

• Major step in aircraft development • Incorporated industry’s first Integrated Propulsion System SHANGHAI, China — 23 July 2015 — In a special ceremony here, CFM International and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) ..