NEW ORLEANS & WAUKESHA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 2003--
Exclusive, Proven SPECT/CT Technology Changes Patient Management
GE Medical Systems, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine today the introduction of the Infinia(TM) Hawkeye(R), a revolutionary combined nuclear medicine/computed tomography (CT) system. The new system delivers unprecedented image quality and provides diagnostic confidence to physicians with a proven impact on patient management.
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June 19, 2003 -- LE BOURGET - Qatar Airways today announced an order for 14 firm and six option Airbus A330-200/-300 aircraft powered by GE's advanced CF6-80E1 engines. The firm engine order is valued at approximately $250 million.
Additionally, Qatar Airways and GE Aircraft Engines signed a MCPH
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June 16, 2003 -- PARIS - One of the world's fastest growing airlines, Emirates Airlines is leasing 26 new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft powered by GE Aircraft Engines' GE90 engines.
The fleet expansion provides GEAE with a new order for 15 GE90 engines, as well as a 12-year engine Maintenance Cost Per Hoursm (MCPHsm) contract with Emirates for the new engine fleet. Combined, the engine sales and service agreement are valued at more than $1 billion to GEAE.
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June 16, 2003 -- LE BOURGET - June 16, 2003 - The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team is undergoing a series of design, test and manufacturing milestones this year in preparation for initial full-engine tests for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program in 2004.
The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team comprises: GE Aircraft Engines in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Rolls-Royce plc in Bristol, England; and Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
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June 16, 2003 -- LE BOURGET - June 16, 2003 - The first operational F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters powered by GE's F414 engines saw combat action in the Iraqi conflict, less than a year after deployment last July onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.
The first combat strike of a Super Hornet preceded the war during Operation Southern Watch, southeast of Baghdad. The engines performed flawlessly during air-to-air and air-to-ground missions in all weather conditions.
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June 16, 2003 -- LE BOURGET - U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z "Cobra" helicopters, each powered by two T700-GE-401 engines, and UH-1Y "Huey" helicopters, each powered by two T700-401C engines, have performed beyond expectations during the first 1,000 hours of a flight-test program being conducted by Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, and The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).
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June 16, 2003 -- EVENDALE, Ohio--Flight testing of the F110-GE-132 engine, the highest-thrust engine for the Lockheed Martin F-16 multirole fighter, has begun at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Plans call for the engine, powering an F-16 Block 30 aircraft modified for flight testing, to complete a 25-flight, four-month initiative that is designed to provide full compatibility with the airframe and explore all parameters of the envelope under various flight conditions.
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