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Jet Engine With 3D-Printed Parts Powers Next-Gen Boeing 737 MAX For The First Time

Tomas Kellner
February 02, 2016
The latest-generation Boeing 737 MAX, powered by a pair of advanced LEAP-1B engines, made its maiden flight last Friday in Seattle. The flight lasted 2 hours and 47 minutes. “The flight was a success,” said Captain Ed Wilson, chief pilot for the 737 MAX program. “The 737 MAX just felt right in flight, giving us complete confidence that this airplane will meet our customers’ expectations.”
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Give and Take: How GE Aviation is Profiting from the GE Store

November 05, 2015
GE Aviation, one of GE’s largest and most profitable units, generated $24 billion in revenues in 2014. Talking to investors this week just before the Dubai Air Show, David Joyce, its chief executive, said the powerful mix of GE’s technological breakthroughs and the overall growth in airline traffic is keeping him bullish about GE Aviation’s outlook.
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Up, Up and Away: GE’s Billion Dollar Bet on Ceramic Super Material is Taking Off

July 13, 2015
People have been using ceramics for millennia, but the material’s practical applications have been mostly confined to the kitchen. “When you hit it, it fails catastrophically,” says Krishan Luthra, chief scientist for manufacturing and materials technologies at GE Global Research (GRC) in New York.
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A Passport to Fly: New Engines for Business Jets Tap Latest Military Tech

May 26, 2015
From GPS to the Internet, many everyday technologies have military roots. The same is true for jet engines, especially those powering business jets.
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These Space-Age Ceramics Will Be Your Jet Engine’s Next Cup of Tea

May 15, 2015
Humans have been living with ceramics for 25,000 years. We’ve been using them for cups, pipes, pottery and many other handy everyday objects. But the light, strong, and heat resistant material has one fatal flaw, which has kept it confined mainly to the cupboard. “When you hit it, it fails catastrophically,” says Krishan Luthra, chief scientist for manufacturing and materials technologies at GE Global Research in New York. “I thought it would be the Holy Grail if we could get it inside machines, and get more power and savings out of our engines. It could really make an impact.”
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Dressed for Success: This Aircraft Wears High-Tech Clothes

November 18, 2014

Not too long ago, passenger jets were made mostly from aluminum and steel. But over the last two decades, they started putting on  lighter frocks made from high-tech materials called composite. Airbus’ latest plane, the A350 “Extra Wide Body” jet, is perhaps the most fashion-forward aircraft in this space. More than half of the plane’s airframe and skin is made from composite materials.

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These Materials Scientists Are Teaching Robots Awesome New Tricks

November 02, 2014
With its roller doors and a squat build, GE’s composites manufacturing lab in Munich looks from the outside like many other garages in this Bavarian city where mechanics might work on Audis and BMWs. But walk through those doors and you’ll be greeted by a large robotic arm weaving composite parts from a long strand of a light and strong carbon fibers.
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How Thomas Edison's Unsung Invention Led to the World's Most Powerful Jet Engine

June 20, 2014
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Got Speed? GE Labs Help F1 Team with Radical Car Redesign

March 17, 2014
The 2014 FIA Formula One season gets underway this weekend in Melbourne, Australia. It will be one for the history books.
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Going Solo: Formula 1′s Lone American Driver Alex Rossi Talks About Racing in the US, F1 Technology and Building Better “Upside-Down Airplanes”

November 15, 2013
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Formula 1 is arguably the most popular motorsport in the world, but when the race series arrives in Austin, Texas, this weekend, it will mark the end of an era. Starting in 2014, new technical regulations will dramatically alter the F1 car and reduce the size of the engine, shrink the fuel tank, affect aerodynamics and alter the gear box. “Everybody is starting with a blank slate,” says Caterham F1 Team’s 22-year old reserve driver Alexander Rossi.
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