An oasis of innovation
When you look at Istanbul for the first time as the plane approaches the Ataturk Airport, what’s striking is not just the vastness of the city stretching below
Inside the historic challenge of meeting the LEAP production ramp | GE Aviation at the 2017 Paris Air Show
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.
Manufacturing brilliance: Showcasing GE's next-gen manufacturing efforts
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.
The magnitude of manufacturing in the GEnx
It takes more than a village to build a jet engine. In fact, it takes six countries, 12 states and 21 GE manufacturing sites providing 1.1 million total parts to form one GEnx jet engine. With more than 1,600 GEnx-1B engines sold worldwide, that means 1.76 billion parts come together to form the fastest-selling, high-thrust jet engine in GE Aviation history.
Revolutionizing the way we work
A day in the life of a Newark employee: Hear what it’s like to take on some of Aviation’s toughest manufacturing challenges.
Introducing the lab of the future
On Tuesday November 3, Polonia Aero announced the official opening of one of the world’s largest and most advanced cold flow turbine test laboratories.