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GE once thought super-efficient propfans were the future of air travel, until low fuel prices in the late 1980s moved fuel consumption down the list of priorities. Now, it's bringing them back with ...
CFM International has begun manufacturing parts for its first RISE open-fan demonstrator as it ramps up component testing for the new powerplant. Detailing progress at a pre-Paris air show briefing on ...
Tests of the high-pressure turbine design for the CFM RISE core have begun at GE’s Evendale facility using a F110 engine. Credit: GE Aerospace PARIS—CFM International joint-venture partner GE ...
A one-fifth-scale demonstrator for the CFM RISE open-fan engine is pictured in the wind tunnel at the Onera French national aerospace research center in Modane ...
Two of the largest engine manufacturers today are Pratt & Whitney and CFM International. Both companies compete in the single ...
The alliance between Safran and GE is ordering hardware to keep up the development pace with the open-fan engine that could power new narrowbody aircraft. CFM has started testing high pressure turbine ...
CFM International says its two partner companies have completed more than 250 tests on its RISE open-fan technology demonstrator programme. Speaking on the eve of the Farnborough air show – where it ...
PARIS, June 17 (Reuters) - French-American jet engine maker CFM International said on Saturday it was redesigning some parts of its LEAP engine to improve durability in harsh climates, to be available ...