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Engine Installed On NASA X-59 Quiet Supersonic Demonstrator

NASA announced this week that the engine for its X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) research aircraft has been installed. Installation of the engine, a F414-GE-100 from General Electric Aviation, was completed at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California. The X-59, which was designed to “reduce the sound of sonic booms … to a […]

GE Aviation, BAE Systems Partner On Hybrid Electric Flight Demonstration Program

GE Aviation has chosen BAE Systems to design, test and supply energy management components for its hybrid electric propulsion system demonstration program. For the project, BAE will be providing the battery and cabling used to store electricity and drive the motor/generator being built by GE Aviation. The program is part of a NASA and GE […]

GE Catalyst Completes First Flight

GE Aviation announced that the new Catalyst turboprop engine successfully completed its first flight on Thursday. The flight, which took off and landed at Germany’s Berlin Airport, lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes and used a Beechcraft King Air Flying Test Bed. According to GE, its 16 Catalyst test engines have accumulated more than 2,600 […]

Uber, GE Partner On Data Monitoring For Aerial Ridesharing

Uber Elevate and GE Aviation’s Digital Group are working together to develop a flight data monitoring program that will support electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles on Uber’s platform. The partnership, which was announced on Wednesday, will initially focus on developing requirements for such a program. According to GE, its flight data monitoring services […]

GE9X Engine Certified

Boeing’s 777X moved a step closer to reality with GE Aviation receiving FAA approval for the GE9X engine. Having completed just less than 5,000 hours and 8,000 cycles, the GE9X, which is based on the GE90 and fitted with a larger first-stage fan, is said to be 10 percent more fuel efficient than the GE90 […]

GE Aviation CEO To Retire

GE has announced that GE Aviation president and CEO David Joyce will be retiring after 40 years of service with the company. Joyce has held the positions of president and CEO of GE Aviation for twelve years along with serving as vice chair of GE. According to GE, the company’s aviation division doubled its revenue […]