The open-fan revolution takes flight, but will it overcome safety and perception hurdles?
Singapore will host the world’s first airport testbed for next-generation open-fan aircraft engines. The ...
This engine is one of the most advanced ever designed.
DOE supercomputers will simulate the in-flight performance of a GE Aerospace open-fan concept engine, to evaluate its energy-efficiency and noise levels. The CFM International Open Fan concept jet ...
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus and CFM at the Changi Aviation Summit on Monday (Feb 2) to establish the island-state as a testing ...
Carbon fiber composites aren't a new thing in jet engine fan blades, including GE Aviation's. But every so often GE engineers have to redesign them to take advantage of advances in carbon composite ...
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines sought more time last year to inspect jet-engine fan blades like the one that snapped off during one of its flights Tuesday in an accident that left a passenger dead.