Engine makers are progressing but not out of the woods
Category General Electric
GE Q3 Earnings
GE Q3 Earnings
The CFM RISE Program
The CFM International RISE (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) Technology Demonstration Program
GE’s hybrid-electric system reaches new height
General Electric (GE Aerospace) has reached an important technical milestone with the hybrid-electric power system that is part of its zero emissions roadmap. It successfully ran tests at NASA’s Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) in Sandusky (Ohio) with a 1 MW,…
CFM LEAP expected to hit breakeven by 2025
GE Aviation and Safran expect the LEAP turbofan engine to reach breakeven margins in 2025. There will be a three-percent margin impact this year and in 2023 as the production transits from the CFM56 to the LEAP, but the numbers…
Will GE Aviation and lose a large arrow from its quiver?
Reports this weekend indicate that GE may merge its aircraft leasing unit with AerCap, as GE continues its corporate restructuring. That would create an extremely large and powerful aircraft lessor, but GE’s aircraft engine operations might lose the benefit of…