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The first engine to test (FETT) completed its first run in April 2016. [9] This engine completed 375 cycles in 335 hours run-time, which validated the engine design in terms of aerodynamic performance, mechanical system behavior and secondary air system heat management. [10] The GE9X conducted icing tests in Winter 2017. [11]
General Electric Co said on Monday its GE9X engine for Boeing Co's 777X passenger jet has been certified by the U.S. aviation safety regulator, clearing a hurdle in the planemaker's path to bring ...
GE said on Monday it has received orders and commitments for more than 600 GE9X engines, and has delivered eight GE9X test engines and two test spares for Boeing's four 777X test aircraft.
The 777X test plan was later revised as several months are required to develop and test fixes to the GE9X, and first flight slipped to October–November. [49] By June, the first prototype began low-speed taxi tests. [50] On July 24, Boeing announced that the GE9X engine issue would delay the maiden flight until 2020.
It is one of three engines for the 777-200 and -200ER, and the exclusive engine of the -200LR, -300ER, and 777F. It was the largest jet engine , [ 3 ] until being surpassed in January 2020 by its successor, the 110,000 lbf (490 kN) GE9X , which has a larger fan diameter by 6 inches (15 cm).
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General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, [4] is an American aircraft engine supplier that is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio, outside Cincinnati.It is the legal successor to the original General Electric Company founded in 1892, which split into three separate companies between November 2021 and April 2024, adopting the trade name GE Aerospace after divesting its healthcare ...
The first flight with one of these engines took place on 22 February 2007, using a Boeing 747-100, fitted with one GEnx engine in the number 2 (inboard left hand side) position. By fall 2019, General Electric was offering the GEnx-2B, developed for the 747-8, for the revised 767-XF variant based on the 767-400ER, but needed enough volume to ...