General Electric Aircraft Engines (GEAE) is the top supplier of aircraft engines in the world and offers engines for the majority of commercial aircraft. GEAE is part of GE Transportation, itself a major part of the enormous conglomerate General Electric, one of the world's largest corporations. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links GEAE_Logo. ... GE Transportation is a division of General Electric, comprised of GE Aircraft Engines and the much smaller GE Transportation Systems. ... The General Electric Company, or GE, NYSE: GE is a multinational technology and services company. ...

In 1942, GEAE developed the first US jet engine in Lynn, Massachusetts. It continues to make jet engines for the United States Department of Defense and subsidiary services. Engines assembled at this plant include the F404, F414, T700, and CFE738 military powerplants. The Evendale, Ohio plant conducts final assembly for the CFM International CFM56, LM6000, and LM2500 powerplants. The Durham, North Carolina facility conducts final assembly for the GE90, CF6, and CF34 powerplants. Crucial parts for these engines are crafted in secondary GE Aircraft Engines facilities, such as those in Bromont, Quebec, Hooksett, New Hampshire, Madisonville, Kentucky, and Rutland, Vermont, where the engine blades and vanes are manufactured. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ... A Pratt and Whitney turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle is tested at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA. The tunnel behind the engine muffles noise and allows exhaust to escape. ... Lynn is a city located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney (R) Senators Edward Kennedy (D) John Kerry (D) Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... A turbofan engine with afterburner. ... Jump to: navigation, search Boeing X-45C UCAV, which will utilize the F404 turbofan The General Electric F404 and F414 are a family of afterburning turbofan engines in the 10,500-22,000 lbf (85 kN) class (static thrust). ... Evendale is a village located in Hamilton County, Ohio. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Buckeye State Other U.S. States Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Governor Bob Taft (R) Senators Mike DeWine (R) George Voinovich (R) Official languages None Area 116,096 km² (34th)  - Land 106,154 km²  - Water 10,044 km² (8. ... Categories: Stub | Aircraft engine manufacturers | General Electric subsidiaries ... Jump to: navigation, search CFM56-3 CFM56, front view CFM International CFM-56 series engines is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines made by CFM International and has a thrust range from 18,500 to 34,000 lbf (82 kN to 151 kN). ... LM6000 GTG in an electrical power plant application. ... The General Electric LM2500 industrial and marine turboshaft gas turbine is a derivative of GE Aircraft Engines CF6-50 aircraft engine. ... City nickname: City of Medicine Location Government Country State County United States North Carolina Durham County Mayor Bill Bell Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 94. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Tar Heel State; Old North State Other U.S. States Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Governor Michael Easley (D) Senators Elizabeth Dole (R) Richard Burr (R) Official languages English Area 139,509 km² (28th)  - Land 126,256 km²  - Water 13,227 km² (9. ... NASA GE90 airflow simulation General Electric GE90 is a family of high-bypass turbofan engines built by General Electric for the Boeing 777, with thrust ranging from 74,000 to 115,000 lbf (329 to 512 kN). ... The General Electric TF39 and CF6 family of high-bypass turbofan engines are the most popular large aircraft turbines in the world, powering civil and military widebodies from a variety of manufacturers. ... The General Electric Company, or GE, NYSE: GE is a multinational technology and services company. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... Hooksett is a town located in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Granite State Other U.S. States Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Governor John Lynch (D) Senators Judd Gregg (R) John Sununu (R) Official languages English Area 24,239 km² (46th)  - Land 23,249 km²  - Water 814 km² (3. ... Madisonville is a city located in Hopkins County, Kentucky of the Western Coal Field region. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Bluegrass State Other U.S. States Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Governor Ernie Fletcher (R) Senators Mitch McConnell (R) Jim Bunning (R) Official languages English Area 104,749 km² (37th)  - Land 102,989 km²  - Water 1,760 km² (1. ... Rutland City, Vermont Rutland City is a city located in Rutland County, Vermont. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Green Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas (R) Senators Patrick Leahy (D) Jim Jeffords (I) Official languages None Area 24,923 km² (43th)  - Land 23,974 km²  - Water 949 km² (3. ...

GEAE's main competitors in the engine market are Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney. SNECMA Moteurs has significant interests in the GEAE civil engine range - having an equal share of CFM International which was established thirty years ago and major stake holdings in other engine families. GEAE is also a partner with Honda Motor Company in the GE Honda joint venture. Rolls-Royce plc (also known as Rolls-Royce Aero Engines) is the second-largest aircraft engine maker in the world, behind General Electrics GE Aircraft Engines division. ... Pratt & Whitney is an American owned aircraft engine manufacturer whose products are widely used in both civil and military aircraft. ... Snecma Moteurs of France is one of the worlds major aircraft engine suppliers. ... Categories: Stub | Aircraft engine manufacturers | General Electric subsidiaries ... Jump to: navigation, search Honda Motor Co. ... GE Honda Aero Engines LLC (or GE Honda) is a Cincinnati, Ohio-based joint venture between GE Aircraft Engines and Honda Motor Company. ...

GEAE (and competitor Rolls-Royce) were selected by Boeing to power its new 787. GEAE's offering is the GEnx, a development of the GE90. GE has also secured lead engine status on Airbus' 787 competitor, the Airbus A350, and had two-year exclusivity on the 747 Advanced. The Rolls Royce logo Rolls-Royce is a set of several companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ... Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), based in Chicago, Illinois, is a unit of The Boeing Company, consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division,) as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas Corporation. ... Jump to: navigation, search Rendering of a Boeing 787-8 in Northwest Airlines colors (final design) The Boeing 787, or Dreamliner, is a mid-sized passenger airliner currently under development by Boeing Commercial Airplanes and scheduled to enter service in 2008. ... Jump to: navigation, search Boeing 787 The General Electric GEnx (General Electric Next-generation) is an advanced turbofan under development by GE Aircraft Engines (GEAE) for the Boeing 787. ... Airbus A350-900 concept The Airbus A350 is an airliner in development, and derived from the design of the existing A330-200, intended to increase range and decrease operating costs. ... Boeing Commercial Airplanes is working with airlines to create a new, enlarged version of the 747-400 which will use same engine and cockpit technology as the 787. ...

Engine Range

CFM56-5 installation on an A340

Download high resolution version (1024x780, 235 KB)CFMI CFM56-5 on an Airbus A340-313X over Mongolia, July 28, 2004. ... Download high resolution version (1024x780, 235 KB)CFMI CFM56-5 on an Airbus A340-313X over Mongolia, July 28, 2004. ...

Civil Applications

• GEnx (Next-generation)
  • 747 Advanced
  • Boeing 787
  • Airbus A350
• GE90
  • Boeing 777
• GP7200 (with Pratt & Whitney)
  • Airbus A380
• CF6
  • CF6-6
    • McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
  • CF6-50
    • Airbus A300
    • Boeing 747
    • McDonnell Douglas DC-10-15
    • McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30
  • CF6-80
    • Airbus A310
    • Airbus A330
    • Boeing 747
    • Boeing 767
• CFM56 (with SNECMA Moteurs)
  • Boeing 737
  • Airbus A320 Family
  • Airbus A340
• CF34
  • Bombardier CRJ-700 and CRJ-900
  • Bombardier Challenger
• HF118 (with Honda)

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Military Applications

• F101
  • B-1B Lancer
• F103 - Military CF6
  • VC-25A Air Force One
  • C-5M Galaxy (Upgraded C-5)
  • E-4B
  • KC-10
  • E-10 MC2A
• F108 - Military CFM56
  • E-3 Sentry (UK, France and Saudi Arabia)
  • KC-135R
• General Electric F110
  • F-14
  • F-15K
  • F-16 C/D
• F118
  • B-2 Spirit
  • U-2
• F136 (with Rolls-Royce)
  • Lockheed Martin F-35
• F404:
  • Boeing F/A-18 Hornet
  • Boeing X-45C UCAV
  • [[[Dassault Rafale]] (During development)
  • HAL Tejas
  • Israel Aircraft Industries Kfir-C2 Nammer
  • Grumman X-29
  • Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
  • McDonnell-Douglas TA-4SU Skyhawk (Singaporean variant)
  • Northrop F-20 Tigershark
  • Rockwell/Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm X-31
  • Saab JAS-39 Gripen
• F414:
  • Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
  • EADS Mako/HEAT
• J35 (with Allison)
• J47
• J79
  • A-5 Vigilante
  • F-104 Starfighter
  • B-58 Hustler
  • F-4 Phantom II
  • F-21 Kfir
• J85
  • T-38 Talon
  • F-5 Freedom Fighter
  • White Kight
• T58
  • CH-46 A/D/E/F
  • S-61
  • S-72
• T64
  • CH-53 C/D/E
  • MH-53E/J
• T700
  • AH-1W Supercobra
  • SH-2G Super Seasprite
  • Bell UH-1
  • SH-60 Seahawk
  • AH-64 Apache
  • EH101 Merlin/Comorant (also US101)
  • US101
  • NH90
• TF34
  • A-10 Thunderbolt
  • S-3 Viking
• TF39
  • C-5 Galaxy

Four F101s power the B-1B The General Electric F101 afterburning turbofan powers the B-1B Lancer strategic bomber fleet of the USAF. The F101 was developed specifically for the Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft, which became the B-1A. The F101 powered the four development aircraft from 1970 to 1981. ... The Boeing IDS (formerly Rockwell) B-1B Lancer is a long-range strategic bomber in service with the USAF. Together with the B-52 Stratofortress, it is the backbone of the United Statess long-range bomber force. ... The General Electric TF39 and CF6 family of high-bypass turbofan engines are the most popular large aircraft turbines in the world, powering civil and military widebodies from a variety of manufacturers. ... This article is about the aircraft. ... The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is one of the largest aircraft in the world. ... 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The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an aerial refueling tanker aircraft, first manufactured in 1956 and expected to remain in service into the 2020s. ... The F110 is an afterburning turbofan produced by General Electric. ... Sailors prepare an F-14 Tomcat for flight on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003). ... The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter designed to permit the U.S. Air Force to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. ... The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a modern multi-role jet fighter aircraft built in the United States and used by dozens of countries all over the world. ... The United States Air Force is the only agency in the world that operates the B-2 Spirit. ... The U-2 is a single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude Surveillance aircraft flown by the United States Air Force. ... The General Electric/Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team is developing the F136 advanced fighter engine designed specifically for the Joint Strike Fighter. ... The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a fighter plane currently in early development by Lockheed Martin (with partners Northrop Grumman and BAE SYSTEMS.) The primary customers are the United States armed forces and the United Kingdom (RN and RAF), but the Netherlands... Jump to: navigation, search Boeing X-45C UCAV, which will utilize the F404 turbofan The General Electric F404 and F414 are a family of afterburning turbofan engines in the 10,500-22,000 lbf (85 kN) class (static thrust). ... Categories: Stub | Defence companies | Boeing | U.S. aircraft manufacturers ... Jump to: navigation, search April 2003: Two United States Navy F/A-18 Hornets prepare to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman. ... 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The Rockwell-MBB X-31 in flight The collaborative US-German Rockwell-MBB X-31 Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability program was designed to test fighter thrust vectoring technology. ... The Saab JAS-39 Gripen (Griffin) is a fighter aircraft from Sweden manufactured by Saab. ... Jump to: navigation, search Boeing X-45C UCAV, which will utilize the F404 turbofan The General Electric F404 and F414 are a family of afterburning turbofan engines in the 10,500-22,000 lbf (85 kN) class (static thrust). ... Four F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets assigned to the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron Forty One (VFA-41) fly over the Western Pacific Ocean in a stack formation. ... European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) is a large European industrial corporation of the aerospace business, formed by the merger on July 10, 2000 of Aérospatiale-Matra of France, Dornier and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) of Germany, and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain. ... 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Jump to: navigation, search F-4 re-directs here; for alternate uses, see F4 The F-4 Phantom II (simply F-4 Phantom after 1990) is a two-place (tandem), supersonic, long-range, all-weather fighter-bomber built by (originally McDonnell Aircraft Corporation) McDonnell Douglas Corporation. ... The IAI Kfir (hebrew: כפיר) is an Israeli-built military aircraft based on the French Mirage 5. ... Jump to: navigation, search The General Electric J85 was a small single-shaft turbojet engine, capable of generating up to 4000 lbf (18 kN) of dry thrust. ... The Northrop T-38 Talon is a US-built supersonic jet trainer for military pilots. ... The F-5 Freedom Fighter (or Tiger II) is a fighter aircraft, designed and built by Northrop in the USA, beginning in 1962. ... SpaceShipOne and White Knight during a captive carry test flight The Scaled Composites Model 318 White Knight is a jet-powered carrier aircraft used to launch the SpaceShipOne experimental spacecraft. ... The CH-46D Sea Knight helicopter is a medium lift assault helicopter, used by the United States Navy for shipboard delivery of cargo and personnel. ... For the original Viking use of the name, see Sea-King. ... The Sikorsky S-65 is a heavy transport helicopter originally developed for use by the United States Marine Corps, who designated it the CH_53 Sea Stallion. ... The Sikorsky S-65 is a heavy transport helicopter originally developed for use by the United States Marine Corps, who designated it the CH-53 Sea Stallion. ... AH-1W SuperCobra of the U.S. Marines The AH-1 Cobra is an attack helicopter, designed by Bell Helicopter Textron. ... The SH-2G Seasprite is a United States Navy ship-based helicopter with anti-submarine, anti-surface threat capability, including over-the-horizon targeting. ... The Bell UH-1 Iroquois, commonly known as the Huey, was a multipurpose military helicopter, famous for its use in the Vietnam war. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Boeing IDS AH-64 Apache Helicopter is the US Armys principal attack helicopter, the successor to the AH-1 Cobra. ... The AgustaWestland EH101 is a medium-lift helicopter originally developed as a joint venture between Westland Helicopters in the UK and Agusta in Italy for military applications but also marketed for civil use. ... The AgustaWestland EH101 is a medium-lift helicopter originally developed as a joint venture between Westland Helicopters in the UK and Agusta in Italy for military applications but also marketed for civil use. ... The AgustaWestland EH101 is a medium-lift helicopter originally developed as a joint venture between Westland Helicopters in the UK and Agusta in Italy for military applications but also marketed for civil use. ... 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Vehicle Propulsion

• LV100 (with Honeywell)
  • M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank

Jump to: navigation, search Honeywell NYSE: HON is a major American multinational corporation that produces electronic control systems and automation equipment. ... The M1 Abrams main battle tank is the principal combat tank of the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps, with three main versions being deployed starting in 1980: the M1, M1A1, and M1A2. ...

Marine Propulsion

• LM2500 - Derived from GE TF39 and CF6-50
  • Arleigh Burke class AEGIS destroyers
  • Spruance family destroyers and cruisers:
    • Spruance class destroyers
    • Kidd class area air defense destroyers
    • Ticonderoga class AEGIS cruisers
  • Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates
• LM6000 - Derived from GE CF6-80

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External links

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