PEEBLES, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2006--General Electric Company's best-selling GEnx engine - with already more than 575 engines ordered for three new commercial aircraft - demonstrated 80,500 lbs. of takeoff thrust during ground testing today at GE's outdoor testing facility in Peebles, Ohio.
Ground testing on the GEnx engine began with idle runs on March 19, and then reached 80,500 lbs. of standard day sea-level takeoff thrust on March 21.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2006--Four GE businesses will display leading-edge materials, manufacturing technologies, and solutions for a wide range of pharmaceutical applications in GE's booth (#1809) at INTERPHEX 2006. GE Healthcare, GE Fanuc Automation, GE Advanced Materials, and GE Water & Process Technologies will join together to highlight solutions that address key challenges in the pharmaceutical manufacturing arena.
LYNN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2006--GE - Aviation has been awarded a $26.4 million contact modification by the United States Navy for the purchase of 60 T58 module kits, with an option for 60 more in FY2007, for Marine Corps H-46E helicopters.
The contract calls for 96 titanium nitride (TiN) coated airfoil kits for upgrades of modules previously delivered under the T58 Engine Reliability Improvement Program (ERIP), plus miscellaneous tooling. Work will be done in Lynn, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed in November 2007.
JENBACH, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2006--Offering on-site power customers around the world a wider range of choices for power and cogeneration, GE Energy has introduced two additions to its Jenbacher "Type 4" engine series: the J412 GS and J416 GS models.
GE developed the J412 and J416 models to address a growing demand for higher efficiency engines in the output range of 800 kW to 1.2 megawatts (MW).
DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2006--ORBCOMM, a global satellite telecommunications company, today announced that the Asset Intelligence division of GE Equipment Services has placed orders for 50,000 satellite communicators from Stellar Satellite Communications, a wholly owned ORBCOMM subsidiary. GE also extended its International data communications agreement with ORBCOMM for an additional three years and is developing additional applications using the ORBCOMM network, including an application for the rail industry that is expected to be marketed as RailWise(TM).
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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2006--GE Healthcare announced today FDA 510(k) clearance for the Innova 3131(IQ) and 2121(IQ) digital flat panel Biplane Imaging Systems at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual scientific sessions in Atlanta, Georgia. These are the first and only systems available that will cover the full size of the patient's lateral and frontal anatomy simultaneously for a variety of cardiovascular and neurovascular image guided interventional procedures.
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David Calhoun, GE Vice Chairman, President & CEO - GE Infrastructure, spoke at Citigroup 19th Annual Global Industrial Manufacturing Conference
David Calhoun, GE Vice Chairman, President & CEO - GE Infrastructure, spoke at Citigroup 19th Annual Global Industrial Manufacturing Conference
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ATHENS, Greece--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2006--GE Energy (NYSE: GE) delivered 1,346 wind turbines worldwide during 2005, completing the year with revenue exceeding $2 billion - more than a 200% increase over 2004's total - the company reported today at the 2006 European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition.
GE's 2005 wind revenue also was more than 400% higher than in 2002, GE's first year of wind operations, underscoring wind energy's continued growth in global popularity.
EVENDALE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2006--Air India has ordered GE engines valued at more than $2.2 billion at list price to power its new Boeing 777 and 787 fleets. The agreement was signed today at Asian Aerospace between Mrs. Sulekha Shrivastava, Southeast Asia Regional Manager for Air India, and David Joyce, Vice President of GE - Aviation's Commercial Engine Operation.
The airline has ordered eight 777-200LRs and 15 777-300ERs, all powered by the GE90-115B engine.
