GE Aviation
GE Aviation is a subsidiary of American General Electric , one of the most actively traded conglomerates in the world and is headquartered in Evendale in Ohio . GE Aviation is the largest manufacturer of aircraft - engines . In addition to aircraft engines, engines are also built for other applications, for example for ship propulsion.
Until September 2005 it operated as General Electric Aircraft Engines (GEAE). GE developed the first engine in 1942.
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Jet engines for civil and military aircraft (non-exhaustive list)
- 1946: J35 for Bell X-5 and Northrop B-49
- 1948: J47 for North American F-86 Saber
- 1955: J79 / CJ805 for Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
- 1958: J85 / CJ610 for Learjet 23
- 1970: General Electric CF6 engine suitable for many wide-body aircraft (e.g. A310 )
- 1970: F101 for Rockwell B-1 A / B (and as a basis for CFM56 )
- 1972: TF34 / CF34 for Embraer E170 / 175/190/195
- 1978: F404 for Boeing F / A-18
- 1982: CFM56 the 50/50 joint venture with Snecma resulted in CFM International
- 1984: F110 for Grumman F-14 B / D Tomcat, F-16 C / D, F-15 K
- 1989: F118 for Northrop B-2 Spirit (basically the F110 without an afterburner)
- 1995: F414 for Boeing F / A-18E / F Super Hornet
- 1995: The GE90 (the GE90-115B variant is currently the most powerful jet engine in the world) is suitable for the Boeing 777
- 2006: 50/50 joint venture with Pratt & Whitney to form the Engine Alliance , construction of the GP7200
- 2007: the GEnx (GE Next Generation) for the Boeing 787
- 2014: GE Passport
In 2007 GE bought the Czech aircraft engine manufacturer Walter Engines as In order to be able to manufacture engine components from fiber composite materials in the future, GE Aviation opened a new plant in Batesville in the US state of Mississippi on October 23, 2008 .
Company data
- 2018 revenue: $ 30.6 billion
- 2005 profit: $ 6.5 billion
According to information in 2020, around 25 percent of sales were accounted for by military engines, 30 percent by sales of civil engines and 45 percent by maintenance of civil engines.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aero 12/2008, p. 44
- ↑ FOCUS Online: The growth of GE Aviation is just beginning. Retrieved February 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Daily Memo: Powering Down , Aviationweek, April 20, 2020