GE Aircraft Engines is throwing its weight behind the growing impetus to launch the world's first-generation very large aircraft.
The company's president and CEO Jim McNerney believes there's room in the marketplace for all three proposed airframes - Boeing's B-777X and B-747X and Airbus Industrie's A3XX.
Source: Flight Daily News
GE Aerospace’s deliveries of Leap turbofans slowed significantly in the second quarter of 2024 due to lingering supply chain troubles, with the company’s chief executive describing the quarter as “disappointing”.
Taiwanese carrier EVA Air has chosen GE Aerospace GEnx engines to power four incoming Boeing 787-10 widebodies.
The UK-based firm is working to develop hydrogen fuel cell systems for military and surveillance drones and high-performance cells for Part 23 and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
