- Awarded $4.5 million in Phase 2 funding through ARPA-E’s REEACH program to build and demonstrate a small scale 25kW power generation subsystem that combines solid oxide fuel cells and gas turbine engine using SAF
- GE’s FLyCLEEN (FueL CelL Embedded ENgine) project part of a larger effort with ARPA-E to advance the fundamental building blocks of commercial passenger hybrid electric flight
- GE Aerospace researchers also working on other ARPA-E programs to scale the electric powertrain and cabling required for hybrid electric propulsion<
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Future of Flight
Flight Path: A Look Back at GE Aerospace’s Progress to Reduce Emissions in 2023
Two years ago, the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), of which GE Aerospace is a member, set an ambitious goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. To gauge the progress the industry has made toward that target, GE Aerospace this summer commissioned a survey of 325 aviation decision makers in the U.S., the U.K., China, India, the UAE, and France.
hybrid electric flight
A Fresh Look: GE Aerospace Debuts New Design for Its Hybrid Electric Aircraft Test Bed
This week at the Oshkosh air show in Wisconsin, the world’s largest air show, GE Aerospace debuted its new livery design for the aircraft test bed for NASA’s Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project, a landmark effort to help prove the feasibility of hybrid electric flight for commercial aviation.
For the hybrid electric test flights, GE Aerospace is partnering with Boeing and its subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences using a modified Saab 340B aircraft powered by GE’s CT7 engines.
Paris Air Show
As Aviation Fans Head to Paris Air Show, a Survey of Industry Leaders Shows Broad Support for Sustainability
Next week at Le Bourget Airport, north of Paris, more than 300,000 people are expected to descend — many of them literally, from the skies — for the oldest and most important gathering of the aviation industry. It’s a tradition going back to 1909, when a Blériot type XI monoplane captivated showgoers after having completed, just months before, the first successful flight across the English Channel.
Earth Day
A World of Good: Six GE Innovations That Are About to Change Everything
Building a world that works: This is the motivating principle behind the work that’s done at GE all across the planet. As we celebrate Earth Day, GE Reports shines a spotlight on a half dozen of its most impactful breakthrough technologies that are helping to usher in a more sustainable future — and some of the dynamic people leading these efforts every day.
GE
Innovation Never Ends: As GE Turns 131, the Company’s Creative Minds Haven’t Run Short on Big Ideas
In 1876, a 28-year-old Thomas Edison came up with what may be his most underrated innovation: a laboratory and machine shop inside a single two-story building in Menlo Park, New Jersey. It’s a place he called his “Invention Factory,” and one that history calls the first R&D facility in the world. While the Menlo Park model was soon adopted by governments, universities, and rival companies, its DNA proved as distinct as it was world-changing, and it led to the birth of GE in Schenectady, New York, in April 1892.
People
The Power of Three: How Family Transcends Flight at GE Aerospace
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Future of Flight
On the Congressional Record: GE Aerospace Testifies About Game-Changing Next-Gen Technology Development
“There has never been a more exciting time in my 25-year career as an aerospace engineer,” said GE Aerospace General Manager of Advanced Technologies Arjan Hegeman yesterday in remarks before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The hearing, on “Advancing Next Generation Aviation Technologies,” was part of the Senate’s work on the 2023 FAA Reauthorization Act. “This era of innovation requires ongoing collaboration with federal agencies like NASA and the FAA,” Hegeman said.
Future of Flight
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Future of Flight
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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and technology superfans, unite. In the aviation industry there’s a need for both in the move toward lower CO2 emissions.
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