Wash And Go: GE’s New Way Of Cleaning Jet Engines Can Help Airlines Cut Emissions And Improve Operations
We have reinvented how to clean a jet engine. Meet GE’s 360 Foam Wash, the powerful approach thoroughly cleans a commercial jet engine, helping to improve its performance and potentially eliminate tons of climate-damaging CO2.
Carrying the Torch: GE Aviation Employees Honored to be Olympic Torchbearers
What's it like to carry the Olympic torch? Three GE Aviation employees provide insights from the torch relay.
Together We RISE: Luca Bedon, Head of Advanced Technologies at Avio Aero, Talks The Future of Aviation
The new technology demonstrator program by CFM International, with its ambitious emissions reduction goals for propulsion, finds its roots in European research. Luca Bedon, Head of Advanced Technologies at Avio Aero, talks a more sustainable aviation.
Reflecting on 50 Years of CF6 Service
GE’s CF6 engine celebrated 50 years of service last week. We asked former CF6 leaders to reflect on the engine and what it means to GE Aviation and to them personally.
GE Aviation and Safran Launch Advanced Technology Demonstration Program for Sustainable Engines; Extend CFM Partnership to 2050
GE Aviation and Safran today launched a bold technology development program targeting more than 20 percent lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions compared to today’s engines. The CFM RISE (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) program will demonstrate and mature a range of new, disruptive technologies for future engines that could enter service by the mid-2030s.
Cool Operators: Icelandair Pilots Land Boeing Passenger Jet On A Blue Ice Runway In Antarctica
At the end of February, a Boeing 767 passenger jet, powered by two GE CF6 engines, flew to Antarctica to pick up a group of scientists returning home from the Troll research station.
Finding Purpose in Customer Service: GE Employees Help Airlines Avoid Maintenance Delays
In their respective roles in GE Digital and GE Aviation Customer & Product Support, Keith and Danielle Lesch have made airline support personal missions after their own experience with a flight delay.
The Workhorse: T700 Continues to Deliver
The T700, GE Aviation’s workhorse helicopter engine, has been going strong for 42 years and counting. This spring alone, the company was awarded $242 million in contracts with the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.
Long May It Run: CF6 Powers Essential Cargo Operations Worldwide
With airliners scrambling to meet cargo demand due to COVID-19, GE Aviation's CF6 is the powerplant of choice on freighters bringing needed medical supplies, food and goods to destinations around the world.
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.