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GE Aviation And Its Partners Win $22 Billion In New Deals At Farnborough Airshow
It’s been a week splashed with sunshine at the Farnborough International Airshow — an unusual sight for England in July — but GE Aviation still made it rain. The GE unit that makes aircraft engines, plane components, avionics and other aerospace technology said it and its partner, CFM International, have won orders valued at more than $22 billion at list price.
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Thinking Big: GE Lands A $2.5 Billion Engine Deal With Airlines Operating Giant Freighters
The award for the most jaw-dropping display at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow goes to the Russian cargo airline Volga-Dnepr.
We mean it literally.
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Jet Engines Are Not The Only GE Tech Powering Boeing’s Latest Wide-Body Passenger Jet
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An App Store For Airplanes: ‘Open Avionics’ Brings Aerospace Software Into The Modern Age
Sign up for a new bank account or buy a new car and chances are you’ll be prompted to download corresponding apps that will give you the ability to control your finances or your car stereo from your phone. Constantly updating your phone in this way — so it’s customized to your life — is so routine at this point that most of us just take it for granted.
3D Printing
Before These Parts Are Fit To Print: This Virtual Factory Software Takes 3D Printing Inside The Computer
You probably wouldn’t print a letter without carefully composing and editing it on a computer screen first. So it’s fitting that as companies embrace 3D printing, their workers are spending a lot of time on their computers making sure the parts they want to print come out right. And just like writers need a good word processor to keep track of their changes, industrial designers need sophisticated software to run simulations as they perfect their parts.
Robotics
These Robots Are Really Pushing The Envelope: A Q&A With GE Roboticist John Lizzi
As the executive leader for robotics at GE Global Research, John Lizzi may have one of the coolest jobs at GE. His desk is right next to a classroom-size lab filled with collaborative robots that can safely work next to humans; envelope-like devices that can worm inside a jet engine, inspect it and even fix it; and drones that can keep an eye on wind turbines and other large industrial assets. GE Reports recently visited Lizzi’s lab and talked to him about his favorite robots and the latest developments in the field.
GE
GE, The Next Chapter: GE CEO Lays Out Plans For The Future Of The Company
GE announced major changes to its business portfolio today designed to stimulate growth and generate more value for shareholders. GE’s Aviation, Power and Renewable Energy units will form a new core of the company. GE plans to turn GE Healthcare into a standalone business, distributing 80 percent to GE shareholders and monetizing the remaining 20 percent.
Innovation
The Network Effect: This Innovative Partnership Helps New Ideas And Talented Engineers Take Flight
Few places illustrate the rapid evolution of 3D printing better than Avio Aero’s gleaming box of a factory in Cameri, a small town near Milan in northern Italy. The plant is filled with 20 sleek, black 3D printers, each the size of an armoire.
Aerospace
Fleet Feat: Dozens More GE-Powered Dreamliners Set To Enter Commission
APAC Aviation Sector Set To Boom - Is APAC Ready?
As a frequent flyer throughout APAC, I've witnessed - usually from a window or aisle seat - the incredible growth of the regional aviation market sector since the early 2000s.