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US: Open-fan GE engine targets 20% jet fuel cut as full-scale testing begins
CFM International (a joint GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines company) has announced that ...
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Why CFM's open-fan engine must solve the acoustic problem that killed GE's 1980s open-rotor program
What was the issue and what impact did it have?
The Open Fan engine, the distinctive architecture that could power the next generation of single-aisle aircraft, targets a significant step change in efficiency for the aerospace industry. A quick ...
There is this estimate in the aviation industry that the world would need around 40,000 new commercial aircraft over the next two decades, the vast majority of them playing in the single-aisle segment ...
Airbus and Boeing are each considering their next new aircraft programs, and the competition for who will make those engines ...
Ground tests of the open-fan engine demonstrator will take place later this decade, while a separate powerplant will fly aboard an Airbus A380 testbed. CFM International’s RISE open-fan engine ...
Dowty aims to build on automated processes such as the triaxial blade skin ply braiding system to increase manufacturing capacity. Credit: Dowty CHELTENHAM, England—GE Aerospace is evaluating blade ...
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