Exclusive - Jet engine maker CFM studies Plan B for next fuel-saving design, sources say

By Tim Hepher PARIS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - French-US jet engine maker CFM is studying a more conventional "advanced ducted" ...
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Airbus touts open-fan engines and folding wing designs for next narrowbody jet

Airbus is teasing technologies that could enable its next-generation single-aisle jet, including innovative engine and wing designs aimed at boosting efficiency. The Toulouse-based airframer provided ...
American Machinist

GE, Boeing, and NASA Will Model Concept Engine Performance

DOE supercomputers will simulate the in-flight performance of a GE Aerospace open-fan concept engine, to evaluate its energy-efficiency and noise levels. The CFM International Open Fan concept jet ...

Is it true that the McDonnell Douglas MD-11’s tail engine has a fan?

Surprising facts about the MD-11's iconic rear engine and how it breaks from trijet tradition.
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Aurora completes wind-tunnel testing on experimental fan-in-wing design

Aurora Flight Sciences has finished windtunnel testing an experimental fan-in-wing design for a Pentagon X-plane competition. The Boeing subsidiary says it recently wrapped up stability and control ...
The Business Times

Singapore to be first airport test bed for CFM’s next-generation, open fan aircraft engines

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus and CFM at the Changi Aviation Summit on Monday (Feb 2) to establish the island-state as a testing ...
American Machinist

GE Aero Maxes Supercomputing Work

GE Aerospace reported that it has conducted more than 3 million hours of supercomputing simulations during the past three years in its effort to define new commercial jet engine technology. It is ...