During a Senate Commerce Committee hearing yesterday on next-generation aviation technologies, GE Aerospace General Manager of Advanced Technologies Arjan Hegeman gave senators a look at what the company is doing to advance the future of flight.

As the GE Aviation rises to the aviation industry’s challenge to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, GE Aviation's Chief Engineer Chris Lorence outlines why open fan engine architecture is the radical change aviation needs to achieve its goals.