That’s All From Dubai: News and Deal Announcements from the 2019 Dubai Airshow
The latest deals and announcements from the 2019 Dubai Airshow.
Long Live the J85, GE’s “Little Tough Guy”
No engine in jet propulsion is quite like GE’s tiny J85 turbojet. Originally designed in 1954, the J85 is expected to power U.S. military aircraft until at least 2040.
A Night to Remember at Warsaw’s Engineering Design Center
Whether you are a budding 12-year-old brainiac or veteran tinkerer, Night at the Institute of Aviation at the Engineering Design Center campus in Warsaw had something for everyone.
Powered by GE’s YT706, Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider Shows Off its Agility
Sikorsky hosted the inaugural flight demonstration of its S-97 Raider™ at its West Palm Beach flight test center. The S-97 Raider, a high-speed coaxial helicopter (possesses a clutched rear propeller to make it go fast or shut off in hover) powered by a single GE YT706 engine, smoothly demonstrated both top-end speed and agility.
GE Aviation and Hybrid Project Team to Provide Commercial High-Endurance Vertical Takeoff and Landing UAV
GE Aviation and Hybrid Project team to provide commercial high-endurance vertical takeoff and landing UAV.
Big Business for Business Aviation
GE sees big business in business aviation… a deal with Bombardier, as well as new engines to market shows promise.
Digital Disruption: The Global 7500 Showstopper and GE’s Digital Connectivity
GE will power Bombardier’s cockpit and cabin connectivity solutions – including new, curated, service bundles that will simplify the selection of cockpit and cabin services with tip-to-tail solutions for new and in-service aircraft.
Oops, They Did It Again: Bombardier’s Global 7500 Sets Another World Record with GE Passport Engines
After flying nonstop from Singapore to Tucson in March, Bombardier’s Global 7500 jet set another world record in October, flying from Sydney to Detroit on one tank of fuel—powered by GE Passport engines.
Ultra Long Haul: The GEnx Powers Record Breaking 19-Hour New York to Sydney Flight
The GEnx engines power Qantas’ 787-9 record-breaking non-stop flight from New York to Sydney
Love Engineering? So Does Air Force Veteran and GE Aviation Engineer Mike Chenery
Air Force Veteran and GE Aviation aero design engineer Mike Chenery chats about his U.S. Air Force background and his current role supporting military programs at GE Aviation.
GE’s most advanced rotorcraft engines will give U.S. Army a lift
GE Aviation’s capability to execute and deliver the most advanced turboshaft engines for the U.S. Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) modernization is accelerating. By the end of 2020, GE Aviation will complete the transition of nearly 1,000 engineers from its commercial programs to its military programs.
The Greatest Program That Never Was: The U.S.’s Answer to Concorde
The GE4 was the world’s first large commercial jet engine with an afterburner. Designed to be the U.S.’s answer to supersonic commercial air travel.
Uncovering What’s Just Beyond the Horizon
Digital technologies are transforming how we live, work and play. We all need data that delivers compelling outcomes, memorable experiences and fosters innovation.
Unusual Views: Inside the Additive Technology Center
A look inside GE Aviation’s Additive Technology Center (ATC) in West Chester, Ohio.
The Friendly (Unmanned) Skies: FAA Drone Flight Testing Lands First Milestone
For almost two years the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and a series of industry participants — including AiRXOS, part of GE Aviation — have been conducting tests to figure out how to best manage increased air traffic once commercial drones start buzzing in the sky. Just this month AiRXOS completed its real-world test flights in the FAA’s first phase of designing the air traffic management system of the future.
Ancestry.com for Jet Engines? How Blockchain is Uncovering Aircraft Engine DNA
Whether it’s discovering where you come from or knowing your flight will take you home safely, blockchain provides insights you can trust.
A Century of Innovation: Where Will the Next 100 Take Us?
The century-long partnership between GE Research and GE Aviation has successfully revolutionized aerospace technology.
When Pigs Fly: Behind the Breakthrough of Ceramic Matrix Composites
After conceiving and leading the development of ceramics matrix composites (CMCs) technology at GE Research through the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, GE Aviation made a bet few could have foreseen… to turn a half century dream of the ceramics industry into a commercial reality.
Sweet 15: GEnx Engine Celebrates its 15th Anniversary
The GEnx engine, the fastest selling widebody engine that GE Aviation has ever produced, marked its 15th year since its launch in April 2004. With outstanding performance and utilization, the GEnx engine family has accumulated 25 million flight hours and 4 million flight cycles.
Outside the Box: How GE Aviation Entered the Brave New World of Additive Manufacturing
GE Aviation’s aggressive entry into additive manufacturing really began in 2012 with the acquisition of a small, additive company called Morris Technologies, based north of Cincinnati, Ohio. This led to the first complex component made “additively” for a production jet engine, a breakthrough application for the new technology.
