One of the rarest, most perilous mechanical failures in commercial aviation is an engine loss on takeoff, yet that’s exactly what investigators say happened to UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville. The ...

American military airframer Lockheed Martin has selected GE Aerospace to provide engines for a planned aerial refueller it hopes to sell to the US Air Force (USAF). Lockheed announced on 6 June its ...

Bethesda-based global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin and Airbus leaders Tuesday announced the selection of GE Aerospace’s CF6-80E1 propulsion system for the LMXT strategic tanker. The ...

It may come as a surprise to many, but variants of the Rolls-Royce Trent 800 ( which powered the Boeing 777 Classic) and the GE CF6 (which powered variants of the Boeing 747 and other aircraft) also ...

General Electric employee Ron Carlson inspects a CF6-80C engine at the GE Aviation Peebles Test Operations Facility in Peebles, Ohio (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued an alert ...

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) may manufacture General Electric's CF6 engine in Japan as part of the C-X transport project. IHI is backing GE's CF6 proposal in a Japan Defence Agency (JDA) ...

SPRING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil today announced that Mobil Jet TM Oil 387, a synthetic High Performance Capability turbine engine oil, has been approved by GE Aviation for use in its CF6 ...

Turkish Airlines (THY) has ordered additional GE CF6-80E1 engines to power its two new Airbus A330-300 aircraft, with options for an additional three A330 aircraft. The maintenance, repair and ...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has reportedly released an urgent alert, raising concerns over the potential presence of unauthorized components in specific General Electric Company ...

While it will take weeks, even months, for investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board to determine exactly why American Airlines 587 plunged to the ground, some aviation safety ...

Aviall Inc. has been chosen by General Electric to be the worldwide distributor of spare parts for the CF6-50- and CF6-80-series turbofan engines in a contract that could be worth up to $5 billion ...

Sept 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued an alert on Thursday warning that unapproved parts might be installed in certain General Electric (GE.N), opens new tab model CF6 ...