GE To Replace CF6 Engines With 7E7's GENX Family

General Electric plans to replace its CF6 engine family eventually with the new GENX, whose first version is slated to power the Boeing 7E7. The GENX engine, derived from the GE90, will feature composite blades, a combustor using twin annular pre-mixing swirlers from the GE technology demonstrator...

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