Increasing Focus on Environmentally Responsible Air Traffic Management Services
CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Aviation announces today that it has acquired Naverus, Inc., a privately owned, Washington-based supplier of advanced Performance-based Navigation (PBN) services, including Required Navigation Performance (RNP) procedure development, PBN procedure maintenance, operations support and consulting for airlines, air navigation service providers and airports.
Beijing -- November 15, 2009 -- GE Aviation of the United States and AVIC Systems of China today announced agreement on forming a new joint venture company to develop and market integrated avionics systems for commercial aircraft customers. The announcement was made as part of "GE's Clean Technology Week in China" activities.
EAST HARTFORD, CT -- August 24, 2009 -- The Engine Alliance's GP7200 engine has marked a successful first year in service with Emirates. Since entering service in August 2008, the GP7200-powered Airbus A380 has had no in-flight shutdowns, and the engine has demonstrated a departure reliability rate greater than 99.9%.
The U.S. House of Representatives is leading the charge for defense acquisition reform by voting 400 to 30 on Wednesday for a defense spending bill for fiscal year 2010 that includes $560 million in funding for the GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Team's F136 engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Aviation successfully completed initial flight testing of its Electro-Optical Grid Reference System (EOGRS) for aerial refueling applications in late June. This activity demonstrates that GE's grid navigation system is on target to support automatic aerial refueling of both manned and unmanned aircraft using either probe and drogue or boom and receptacle techniques.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boeing and GE Aviation have jointly developed a simpler method to implement condition-based maintenance systems on aircraft. It is called the Open System Architecture for Condition-Based Maintenance (OSA-CBM). This will become an industry standard with the signing of an agreement by the two companies to grant rights for its use to the Machinery Information Management Open Systems Alliance (MIMOSA) organization.
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LE BOURGET, France --- June 18 2009 -- With its unveiling of the fastest selling large jet engine in GE history -- the GEnx -- and its strategic agreement with Mubadala Development Company, GE (NYSE: GE) and its joint ventures, CFM* and Engine Alliance+, announced more than $8 billion in orders at this week's Paris Air Show, which is held at Paris' Le Bourget airport.
LE BOURGET---June 17, 2009---Air Nostrum has ordered 35 CF34-8C5A1 powered Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft. The engine order is valued at more than $350 million (USD) list price. Delivery will begin in 2010.
"Air Nostrum has more than a decade of experience operating GE's CF34 engines in its regional jet fleet," said David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation. "We are confident the new CF34-8C5A2-powered Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen aircraft will prove to be just as successful for Air Nostrum and look forward to supporting them as this aircraft enters service next year."
