Summer 2018 included two grueling but immensely enjoyable months for aviation fans, starting in July with England’s high-profile 

First CMC component facility of its kind is thriving, celebrates 25,000th CMC shroud delivery

GE Aviation has successfully completed one-third of the 25 major test campaigns required for certification of the GE9X, and is on track to certify the engine next year. GE9X, the largest commercial engine in aviation history, will power Boeing’s new 777X aircraft.

Dedienne Aerospace and Rhinestahl Customer Tooling Solutions (CTS), industry leaders in aircraft engine tooling and ground support equipment, have been selected as GE Aviation's authorized engine tooling licensees for GE9X engines.

The GE9X engine lifted off on March 13 under wing of GE Aviation’s 747 flying testbed in Victorville, California, for its first flight test.

"The supply chain for the GE9X engine has a wide global footprint, stretching from our facilities in Canada, Italy, Poland and the US to our international participants located in Belgium, France, Germany and Japan," said Ted Ingling, general manager of the GE9X engine program at GE Aviation. "Several sites, such as Peebles, Durham, Batesville and Avio Aero's Pomigliano, had to make significant changes to accommodate the engine's large size."

Just five years after breaking ground, GE Aviation is investing an additional $105 million in its Asheville, North Carolina, production facility to meet growing demand for the revolutionary ceramic matrix composite (CMC) components produced at the plant. As part of the investment, GE Aviation will create 131 new jobs at the Asheville facility, significantly increasing its workforce of 425 employees.