August 26, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - Shenzhen Airlines has signed a new 15-year OnPoint
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August 26, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - Shenzhen Airlines has become the newest customer for the CFM56-5B, placing an order for engines to power three Airbus A320 and two A319 aircraft. The engine order is valued at $60 million at list price.
CFM56-5B engines are produced by CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between Snecma and General Electric Company. CFM is the world's leading aircraft engine supplier, with more than 15,000 engines in service worldwide.
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August 24, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - GE Transportation announced that an LM6000 aeroderivative gas turbine recently completed the 500-hour power generation phase of endurance testing towards American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) certification. GE is seeking ABS certification to the Steel Vessel and the new Naval Vessel Rules for its LM6000.
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August 23, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - Singapore Airlines (SIA) signed a 10-year OnPoint
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August 22, 2005 -- Evendale, Ohio - The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team (FET) has been awarded a contract valued at $2.4 billion to develop its F136 engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.
The contract, issued by the U.S. government, will be applied toward the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase of the F136 engine program. This SDD phase will run through September 2013. The F136 Initial Service Release is planned for 2012, at which time delivery of the first F136 production engines will begin.
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August 10, 2005 -- GLASGOW, MT - General Electric and Boeing will begin testing new technology to further reduce noise on the already quiet Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, which are powered by GE90-115B engines.
The three-week flight test at Boeing's Glasgow, Montana, test facility is part of Boeing's Quiet Technology Demonstrator 2 (QTD 2) program. QTD 2 is a collaboration between Boeing, General Electric, Goodrich's Aerostructures division, NASA, and All Nippon Airways to validate new technologies designed to reduce noise on the aircraft and engine.
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August 01, 2005 -- LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS - The GE CT7-8B5 turboshaft engine has been selected to power the U.S. Army Special Operations MH-60M Black Hawk (Sikorsky) aircraft.
The initial 2005 contract to General Electric Company for $15.5 million is for the development program, which includes engine development and aircraft integration activities, and flight test engines and support. Flight-test engine deliveries are scheduled to begin in January 2006, with initial flight-testing planned for 2007.
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July 28, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - With more than 125 commitments announced for the new Airbus A350 aircraft, integration teams between Airbus and engine supplier General Electric Company have reached a key milestone in designing the overall propulsion system.
The GEnx engine, GE's newest commercial jet engine, is designated to power these A350 orders. The GEnx-powered A350 is scheduled to enter revenue service in 2010.
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July 28, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - With more than 125 commitments announced for the new Airbus A350 aircraft, integration teams between Airbus and engine supplier General Electric Company have reached a key milestone in designing the overall propulsion system.
The GEnx engine, GE's newest commercial jet engine, is designated to power these A350 orders. The GEnx-powered A350 is scheduled to enter revenue service in 2010.
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July 20, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - With its GEnx jet engine, General Electric Company (GE) engineers are introducing breakthrough combustion technology that will dramatically reduce emissions in jet travel.
The GEnx engine is being developed for the new Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 aircraft. The GEnx enters airline service in 2008, and has already received more than $2 billion in orders on the strength of new technologies that make it the most fuel efficient, quiet, and low-emissions jet engine that GE has ever introduced for large jet aircraft.