Another year, another record-breaking global fire season. This summer, international teams joined forces to attack major wildfires by air and land in Greece, Canada, and Hawaii, among other far-flung locales. In California, where more than 25% of the population lives in areas at very high or extremely high risk of wildfire, a slower season was a welcome reprieve at a time when the state sees an average of more than 1.57 million acres destroyed by fire each year. But firefighting teams in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Ventura County, along with state wildfire crews at Cal Fire, are feeling better prepared to tackle future conflagrations, medical evacuations, and search-and-rescue operations these days because of one particular advantage: the Firehawk, a modified Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter powered by GE Aerospace’s T700 engines

GE Aerospace & Cargolux are pleased to announce that they have entered into a long-term support agreement for the GE9X powering Cargolux’s new fleet of Boeing 777-8 freighters. The agreement includes a multi-year GE TrueChoice service agreement as well as the order of two spare engines.

The fastest-selling, high-thrust jet engine in GE Aviation history, the GEnx

Many owners and operators are now seeing the multiple benefits that TrueChoice Transitions can bring at any point in a customer’s ownership horizon.

GE Aviation once again will be hosting a TrueChoice™ Overhaul Time & Material (T&M) Engine Services Customer Symposium. This year’s event is on Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at the GE Africa Innovation Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Aerodynamics. Fuel efficiency. Reliability. Extended time on wing. It all started with the development of GE Aviation’s CF6 engine more than 45 years ago.

Rudy Bryce, GE Aviation’s TrueChoice™ Transitions and Used Material Leader, offers insights on optimal maintenance and material actions at any point in the engine lifecycle.

What do engine operators want from an overhaul provider? A team from Marketing, Sales, Mature Fleet and Customer Technical Programs joined forces to hear straight from African operators at a GE Aviation-hosted Engine Services Customer Symposium held in Casablanca, Morocco.