Although soccer’s most coveted trophy is not coming home to England this summer after all — it’s going to spend the next four years in France — thousands of aviation enthusiasts ar

The leading-edge technology of CFM International’s advanced LEAP engine was recently recognized with an award inspired by Thomas Edison’s creativity and inventiveness.

Joseph Moore works days on the shop floor at GE Aviation’s fast-growing jet engine factory in Auburn – then teaches his experiences at night in the classroom. He’s one of several operations managers at GE’s Auburn site with a teaching role during the month-long vocational training sessions at Southern Union State Community College near Auburn to prepare GE’s growing foster of hourly workers.

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.

After creating eight factories across the U.S. over the past decade, GE Aviation is working to narrow the “skills gap” facing many young Americans seeking jobs in today’s advanced manufacturing plants.

In our next installment of Quick Six, The Bike Shop sat down with Michael Eilers, a Digital Thread leader at GE Aviation in Cincinnati, Ohio. GE Aviation is proud to announce that Michael Eilers made the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Manufacturing & Industry for his work on Digital Thread!

The first A321LR (Long Range), took its maiden flight from Hamburg Germany yesterday, commencing its flight test program. The aircraft, MSN7877, is powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines.