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Aerospace

Czechmate: This Advanced Turboprop Engine Could Create A $40 Billion Market

Tomas Kellner
March 16, 2016
When GE Aviation bought the storied but obscure Czech turboprop builder Walter Aircraft Engines in 2008, the American company hadn’t developed a new propeller engine in decades. Companies like Pratt & Whitney Canada dominated the market, while GE focused chiefly on making engines for passenger and military jets.
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Aerospace

New Lion Air Order Lands LEAP Engine Total Near $145 Billion

Tomas Kellner
February 29, 2016
Few airlines demonstrate the latest trends in air transportation better than does Indonesia’s Lion Air. The fast-growing carrier opened for business in 2000, flying to domestic destinations and nearby foreign airports in Singapore and Vietnam. Today, its fleet consists almost entirely of single-aisle aircraft like the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, with hundreds of the next-generation versions of the planes on order.
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Aerospace

Engine With 3D-Printed Parts Powers 3 Next-Gen Jets

Tomas Kellner
February 16, 2016
The Airbus A321neo passenger plane has become the third next-generation aircraft to complete a maiden flight with LEAP engines on wing. The LEAP is the first engine that includes both 3D-printed parts and components from advanced ceramic materials that can handle higher temperatures than even the most advanced alloys but weigh just one-third what steel does.
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Jet engines

Into Thin Air: The Lofty Side Of Jet Engine Testing

Tomas Kellner
January 21, 2016
New GE jet engines must pass a litany of hardships on the test stand — from bird strikes to hailstorms — before they get to take to the air.
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Aerospace

Czeching In: GE Will Make Its New Advanced Turboprop Engines In Europe

Tomas Kellner
January 20, 2016
When GE Aviation bought the storied but small Czech turboprop builder Walter Aircraft Engines in 2008, the American company hadn’t developed a propeller engine in decades. Companies like Pratt & Whitney Canada dominated the market, while GE focused chiefly on making powerful jet engines for passenger planes and military jets.
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Staycation heroes

January 04, 2016
Lazy mornings, holiday reading, pool toys and barbecue feasts—most of us are soaking in summer and lapping up the down time. But the services we rely on don’t run on autopilot. GEreports unmasks just a few of the GE team who are rostered on, riveted to their mobiles 24/7 and revved to keep spanners out of the works. Across the country, they ensure on-time flights to holiday destinations, clean water to slake your thirst, healthcare ready should you need it, and non-stop productivity of oil-and-gas infrastructure—to keep the economy pumping!
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Dubai Air Show

Sun, Sand and Airplanes: The Best of 2015 Dubai Airshow

Tomas Kellner
November 19, 2015
It takes more than an hour to drive from downtown Dubai to Al Maktoum International Airport, the site of the city’s biannual air show. The runways are still surrounded by red desert sand. But like anything in this booming business capital of the United Arab Emirates, there are already plans to transform the airport into a major transportation hub surrounded by gleaming homes, canals, broad roads and cavernous warehouses.
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Aerospace

Czech This Out: Like the Wright Flyer, GE’s Turboprop Business Was Born in a Bike Shop

Tomas Kellner
November 17, 2015
GE unveiled a new advanced turboprop engine yesterday that produces 10 percent more power than its peers and burns 20 percent less fuel. Its design can extend time between overhauls by as much as 30 percent. Textron Aviation, the company behind such aircraft brands as Beechcraft, Cessna and Bell Helicopter, will use the engine to power a new plane that’s currently in development.
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Aerospace

“The Biggest Win:” New Engine Set to Lift GE’s Turboprop Business to New Heights

November 16, 2015
Textron Aviation, the world’s largest maker of business propeller planes like Beechcraft Bonanza, Baron and King Air, said today it would use a brand new advanced turboprop engine developed by GE to power its latest single-engine turboprop plane. The engine burns 20 percent less fuel and produces 10 percent more power, compared to engines in its class.
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Dubai Air Show

Cruising at Altitude — Q&A with Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group

Richard Aboulafia Teal Group
November 10, 2015
After a dozen years of growth, the aviation industry has hit cruise control. But advances in Big Data, 3D printing and biofuels mean innovation will continue in the sector.
 
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