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300 million flight hours later, GE Aerospace refines its most advanced jet engine

Thirty years ago, GE Aerospace transformed commercial aviation with a material swap that most ...
autoevolution

3-in-1 Airplane Engine Turns Into a Turbofan, Turbojet, and Ramjet Depending on Speed

Perhaps not as visible as their counterparts doing business in the automotive industry, aviation startups are just as numerous. Some of them are proposing outlandish ideas that will probably never ...
American Machinist

GE, Boeing, and NASA Will Model Concept Engine Performance

DOE supercomputers will simulate the in-flight performance of a GE Aerospace open-fan concept engine, to evaluate its energy-efficiency and noise levels. The CFM International Open Fan concept jet ...
Flightglobal

Newly solo GE Aerospace dives deeper into open-fan development as industry grasps for efficiency

GE Aerospace arrives at Farnborough with one eye trained on the future – specifically on developing an open-fan engine for future narrowbody jets – and the other focused on recovering from supply ...
The Daily Gazette

Southwest Airlines sought more time for engine inspections

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines sought more time last year to inspect jet-engine fan blades like the one that snapped off during one of its flights Tuesday in an accident that left a passenger dead.