When a winter storm sweeps across the US Midwest, or a heavy Siberian front dumps feet of powder onto Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport, the primary concern for most travelers is the de-icing of wings ...

GE Aerospace is preparing to conduct dust-ingestion tests as part of endurance evaluation of turbine blades being developed through CFM International’s innovative powerplant programme RISE. The ...

United Aircraft has carried out water-ingestion tests on its initial import-substituted Yakovlev SJ-100, equipped with Aviadvigatel PD-8 powerplants. The aircraft, number 97023, carried out the runway ...

General Electric is currently developing the largest turbofan engine ever to be used in commercial aviation. The GE9X is being made to power the Boeing 777X next generation widebody airliner, as the ...

CFM RISE HPT blade testing on F110 military donor engine. Credit: GE Aerospace GE Aerospace is preparing to put key high-pressure core elements of the CFM International RISE engine through a series of ...