KENT, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Air New Zealand, with the assistance of Naverus, part of GE Aviation Systems, recently implemented improved Required Navigation Performance (RNP) procedures that allow the airline's aircraft to operate into Queenstown when, previously, adverse weather would have prevented some services.
OSHKOSH, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Aviation today announced a Research and Development contract worth more than $7 million for the first solid-state primary power distribution technology using Silicon Carbide (SiC) power switches applicable to the latest and future United States Air Force platforms. The contracting office is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Air Force Research Laboratories in Ohio.
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FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW -- July 21, 2010 -- GE Aviation along with its joint venture companies, CFM International and the Engine Alliance, have amassed engine and services orders valued at more than $16 billion (USD) at the 2010 Farnborough Air Show.
"GE Aviation is excited with the tremendous amount of engine and services orders that received at the 2010 Farnborough Air Show," said David Joyce, president and chief executive office of GE Aviation. "The level of activity at the show demonstrates that the aviation industry is beginning to emerge from the economic downturn."
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Farnborough International Airshow 2010
FARNBOROUGH, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emirates has ordered 30 GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The engine order, including spare engines, is valued at $2 billion (USD) list price. Deliveries will begin in late 2011.
Emirates has also signed a 12-year OnPointSM solution services agreement for the maintenance and overhaul of its GE90-115B engines. The contract is worth more than $1 billion (USD) over its life.
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Farnborough International Airshow 2010
FARNBOROUGH, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ornge, which provides ground and air medical transport for the province of Ontario, Canada, has just received the first of 10 AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters equipped with GE Aviation health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS).
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COMAC's C919 aircraft will have leading open-architecture avionics
SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (COMAC) today announced that GE Aviation Systems and AVIC Systems, the partners to a proposed AVIC GE joint venture, have been selected to provide the avionics core processing system, display system and on-board maintenance system for the newly launched C919 single-aisle aircraft. The AVIC GE joint venture will support COMAC for avionics integration for the C919.