GE-Aviation

GE Aviation is the largest manufacturer of aircraft engines. GE Aviation includes the aircraft engine - building of the American General Electric Company, one of the most actively traded conglomerates in the world. GE Aviation is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio.

By September 2005, it still operated as General Electric Aircraft Engines ( GEAE ). GE developed the first engine in 1942.

  • Jet engines for civil and military aircraft (not complete list) 1946: J35 for Bell X -5 and Northrop B -49
  • 1948: J47 North American F -86 Sabre
  • 1955: J79/CJ805 for Lockheed F -104 Starfighter
  • 1958: J85/CJ610 for Learjet 23
  • 1970: General Electric CF6 engine, which is suitable for many large aircraft (eg A310 )
  • 1970: F101 for Rockwell B -1A / 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 revealed CFM International
  • 1984: F110 for Grumman F -14B / D Tomcat, F - 16C / D, F -15K
  • 1989: F118 for Northrop B- 2 Spirit (in principle, the F110 non-afterburning )
  • 1995: Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet F414 for
  • 1995: The GE90 ( in the variant GE90 -115B is currently the most powerful jet engine in the world) is suitable for the Boeing 777
  • 2006: 50/50 joint venture with Pratt & Whitney Engine Alliance, building the GP7200
  • 2007: the GEnx (GE Next Generation) for the Boeing 787
  • 2014: GE Passport

2007 GE bought the Czech aircraft engine manufacturer Walter Engines AS. order to produce in the future engine components made ​​of fiber composite materials, GE Aviation has opened a new plant in Batesville in the State of Mississippi in operation on 23 October 2008.

Company data

  • Sales in 2005: 11,904 million U.S. dollars
  • 2005 profit: 2,573 million U.S. dollars
  • Sales data (English)
Evendale (Ohio) Bell X-5 General Electric J47 General Electric J79 General Electric F101 CFM International CFM56 General Electric F404 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet General Electric F110 Grumman F-14 Tomcat General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon General Electric F118 General Electric F414 Batesville (Mississippi)
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