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GEK800 engine reaches ignition milestone as turbofan program moves toward production

GE Aerospace has successfully ignited the GEK800 turbofan engine in a new test for ...
Military

GE Aerospace completes hybrid electric turbofan power transfer test

Successfully demonstrated power transfer, extraction, and injection in a hybrid electric turbofan engine during ground tests. The hybrid engine design integrates electric motor-generators within a gas ...
Flightglobal

Key core test begins on 777X turbofan

series of preliminary tests on a critical component of the 100,000lb-thrust GE9X turbofan engine selected to power the Boeing 777X aircraft family. General Electric has started a second series of ...
MarketScreener

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions And GE Aerospace Achieve Successful Ignition Of GEK800 Turbofan Cruise Missile Propulsion System

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. and GE Aerospace announced a key program milestone with the successful ignition of the GEK800 turbofan cruise missile propulsion system. The GEK800 Serial ...

Kratos, GE Aerospace advance cruise missile engine with ignition test

Kratos (KTOS) and GE Aerospace (GE) ignite GEK800/F143 turbofan for cruise missiles—key milestone on path to JASSM production.
Flightglobal

P&W begins flight testing of more efficient PW1100G turbofan on A320neo

Airbus and Pratt & Whitney have started development flight testing of a more efficient PW1100G geared turbofan – known as the GTF Advantage engine – on an A320neo aircraft. Airbus and Pratt & Whitney ...