Aerospace
The Next Generation: A Team Of Young Engineers Helped Bring 3D Printing Inside The World’s Largest Jet Engine
Stefka Petkova enjoys building things. It’s a passion she’s had since she was a small child when her dad, an electrician who liked to work on cars, kept the door to his workshop open. “I was exposed to that as a very young child and just got a lot of encouragement,” says Petkova, who she spent many afternoons watching him weld and wire automobiles.
Aerospace
Larger Than Life: Ted Ingling Started Out As Car Mechanic. Now He Is Building The World’s Largest Jet Engine
When Ted Ingling was growing up in a small town in Michigan, he wanted to be a car mechanic. But the plan didn’t work out, and the world might be a better place for it.
Lean Management
Getting Better All The Time: How Lean Management Helped GE’s Jet Engine Plant In Mississippi Take Off
Perched on the banks of the Little Tallahatchie River, Batesville, Mississippi has always been connected to movement. The town, just an hour south of Memphis, Tennessee, spent its early days as a Southern steamboat port. In the 1850s, local farmer James W. Bates sold a plot of land near the river to the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad for a new train depot.
art of science
Creative Force: Claudia Meyer Marries Art And Industry
Aerospace
Special Delivery: The World’s Most Powerful Engine One Step Closer to Liftoff In Boeing’s 777X Jet
The GE9X engine, the largest and most powerful commercial jet engine ever built, is a step closer to full liftoff. GE Aviation recently delivered the first four fully compliant GE9X engines to Boeing’s wide-body plant in Everett, Washington. A pair will take the aircraft maker’s new wide-body passenger jet, the Boeing 777X, to the sky for the first time.
Electricity
Titans Of Industry: These Technologies Stand Head And Shoulders Above The Rest
It’s Official: Guinness World Records Certifies GE9X As The World’s Most Powerful Jet Engine
GE’s latest jet engine, the GE9X, keeps piling on the superlatives. Already the world’s largest commercial jet engine, it is also now the most powerful one, according to Guinness World Records.
Aerospace
On The Shoulders Of Giants: Qatar Airways Agrees To Long-Term Order Of GE Jet Engines And Services
Paris Air Show
GE, CFM Wrap Paris Air Show With Record $55 Billion In New Deals
La Compagnie’s new Airbus A321neo jet isn’t a large plane as passenger jets go — it fits 76 reclining seats in its all-business class configuration — but when it arrived at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday, it heralded big changes in the industry.
Paris Air Show
Tour De Force: GE’s Giant GE9X Jet Engine Explained In Pictures
The 2019 Paris Air Show has been one for the records books for GE and CFM International, a 50-50 joint venture between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines. As of Tuesday, the companies have won deals valued at more than $50 billion. But the show wasn’t only about the money. It was also about technology and engineering.