Taking Flight: GE Aerospace News from the 2023 Dubai Airshow
Strengthening connections with key aviation players, GE Aerospace joined exhibitors from 95 countries at the Dubai Airshow, announcing significant orders for both widebody and narrowbody engines. Here are the GE Aerospace headlines and news from the 2023 Dubai Airshow.
Tech Talk: New Renewable Fuels Podcast Features GE Aerospace’s Efforts to Reduce Aviation Emissions
GE Aerospace engineers joined a newly released episode of a renewable fuels podcast to speak to the role the company’s new aircraft engine technologies in development could play in reducing flight emissions, as well as how GE Aerospace is supporting SAF testing and qualification with its engines.
A Fresh Look: GE Aerospace Debuts New Design for Its Hybrid Electric Aircraft Testbed
This week at the Oshkosh air show in Wisconsin, the world’s largest air show, GE Aerospace debuted its new livery design for the aircraft testbed for NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project, a landmark effort to help prove the feasibility of hybrid electric flight for commercial aviation.
'The Backbone of Indian Aviation': GE Aerospace, CFM Close One of Commercial Aviation’s Largest Deals Ever
Air India announced on February 14 that it is buying 400 single-aisle and 70 twin-aisle commercial aircraft. To power the larger airliners — Boeing 787 and 777X twin-engine jets — the carrier signed an agreement with GE Aerospace for 40 GEnx-1B and 20 GE9X engines, plus engine services. Air India will also buy more than 800 LEAP engines from CFM International, a 50-50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, to outfit the smaller planes in the order, 210 Airbus A320/A321neo aircraft and 190 Boeing 737 MAX-family aircraft.
With Final Delivery of Last 747, Dave Kircher Sees a New Era Dawning for GEnx
As the last Boeing 747 rolls out, Dave Kircher, General Manager of the GEnx program, reflects on the Queen Of The Skies. “In aviation everybody can probably tell you two things: the first time they flew anything and the first time they flew on a 747.”
Where the GE9X Engine Goes, this GE Team Follows
As Boeing pilots steered the 777-9 down the Farnborough, England, runway
The Test Pilot: Heather Ross Is Helping Boeing Get the 777X Aircraft Ready For Service
Boeing's Deputy Chief Test Pilot Heather Ross talks about flying the GE9X powered 777X aircraft.
The Showstopper: Boeing’s New 777X Jet Makes Its Public Debut At Dubai Airshow
The Boeing 777X aircraft made its public debut at the Dubai Airshow on Sunday. Propelled by a pair of GE9X engines from GE Aviation, the engine can supply 134,000 pounds of thrust, more than the rocket used in America’s first manned space flight.
Electric Sky: New NASA Partnership To Take GE’s Hybrid Electric Flight Research To New Heights
In partnership with NASA, GEwill mature a megawatt (MW) class integrated hybrid electric powertrain, with ground and flight tests planned for mid-2020s.
Up Close and Personal with the U.S. Air Force's F-15EX Eagle II
As you can imagine, standing in front of two GE F110 engines integrated into an aircraft is a phenomenal experience for me. Last week, I was fortunate to do just that during a visit to Eglin Air Force Base for the official roll-out ceremony of Boeing’s newly named F-15EX Eagle II.