GE Aerospace has started tests to help ensure the open-rotor engine it is developing under its CFM International partnership retains adequate durability when operated in dusty and sandy conditions.
The CFM RISE engine is being tested on an Airbus A380 propulsion demonstrator. Credit: Airbus PARIS–Aero-engine joint venture CFM International has completed over 100 tests toward its RISE future ...
A one-fifth-scale demonstrator for the CFM RISE open-fan engine is pictured in the wind tunnel at the Onera French national aerospace research center in Modane ...