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Aerospace, Engines, GE Aerospace, Safran

Safran enters new phase of open rotor wind tunnel testing

Safran Aircraft Engines has officially started a new four-year wind tunnel test program of an open rotor concept. The ECOENGInE project is run together with the French aerospace research agency ONERA in Modane, in the Southeast of France close to…

Richard Schuurman
January 21, 2024

Aerospace

CFM commits to open rotor with RISE program

They haven’t found a dedicated aircraft program yet, but General Electric and Safran are determined to have a new commercial aero-engine ready for entry into service by the mid-2030s. The engine should be over twenty percent more efficient than the most…

Richard Schuurman
June 14, 2021