GE Aviation’s Boeing 747-400 flying testbed in Victorville, California, is ready to receive the first GE9X test engine. Boeing engineers have modified the aircraft with a strengthened wing and a new ...

The GE9X is a 100,000-lb thrust turbofan engine, designed with the industry’s largest front fan, 134 inches in diameter. The lightweight design includes a composite fan case and 16 carbon-fiber ...

To test the GE9X turbofan jet engine, GE Aviation reportedly invested about $10 million at the Peebles (Ohio) Testing Operation, including the design and fabrication of the 18-ft-diameter, 12-ft-high, ...

GE Aviation has began GE9X engine certification tests at its Peebles Test Operation (PTO) in Ohio. The GE9X will power Boeing’s new 777X aircraft. The first round of GE9X certification tests are being ...

This engine is one of the most advanced ever designed.

In the second week of May, the crew of an Antonov An-124 operated by Russian cargo operator Volga-Dnepr got to work on the flightline at Victorville, California, loading a pallet measuring 3.96m (13ft ...

GE Aviation has completed the initial ground testing of the first full GE9X development engine, which will become the world's largest commercial aircraft engine and will power Boeing's 777X aircraft. ...

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The world's largest commercial aircraft engine has been started up for the first time at GE Aviation's Peebles Test Operation in Ohio. According to GE, ground testing of the GE9X development engine ...