Avio Aero, a GE Aviation business, and the Polytechnic of Turin have partnered on an additive technology research lab located within the university's campus in Turin, Italy. Together, Avio Aero and the university will work to optimize existing additive components for jet engines.

Avio Aero, a GE Aviation business, is testing unique processes to manufacture and repair jet engine components. The processes, a form of additive technology, enable fast testing of new design practices and approaches for engine components.

Less complexity, costs, waste and noise: additive manufacturing is the industry of the future and its already making history today.

General Electric’s new 1,300 SHP-rated Advanced Turboprop (ATP) is the first entry in GE’s new family of turboprop engines aimed at Business and General Aviation aircraft in the 1,000-1,600 SHP range. The ATP engine will power the new Cessna Denali aircraft built by Textron Aviation.

GE Aviation has never experienced anything like the LEAP production ramp, which will see the Business grow from producing 500 LEAP engines in 2017 to some 2,200 engines per year in 2020 and beyond. To handle the ramp in LEAP production, GE has added more than 1.5 million square-feet of new production and Services footprint, which includes eight new facilities and additions to 10 existing plants.

Certification testing is underway on GE Aviation’s latest engine in development—the GE9X that will power Boeing’s 777X aircraft. Combine the technologies of the GE9X engine and you have an engine that will be 5% better in fuel efficiency versus any engine in its class. With almost 700 engines on order, the GE9X engine has quickly gained a following among airline customers around the world. For the GE Aviation team, we can’t wait to see the first GE9X engine tucked under wing of our flying testbed later this year.

Supersonic flight, turboprops and 3-D printing dominated headlines this week for GE Aviation during the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) held in Geneva, Switzerland.

At the Avio Aero center of excellence in Brindisi, several million euros have been invested in the

Two of GE Aviation’s new U.S. factories in Lafayette, Indiana; and Asheville, North Carolina; were recently part of media events highlighting the innovative technologies at both operations.