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The world’s largest laser-powder additive manufacturing machine is being created behind locked doors by GE Additive, the business formed by parent company GE to capitalize on that fast-moving technology....More

The world’s most “printed engine,” GE’s new Advanced Turboprop, in which additive manufacturing replaces 855 normally made parts with just 12 “printed” components, is on track to run for the first time this year. It will power Cessna’s new Denali aircraft....More

Despite the multiple benefits of a cockpit upgrade, it remains uncertain whether the recent contract for Airbus to retrofit UPS’s A300-600 freighters is signaling a trend....More

With pilot shortages anticipated as air traffic explodes, including uses such as urban air mobility, autonomous flight may become a necessity....More

UTC Aerospace Systems President David Gitlin talked to Aviation Week editors about his plans for a future of more electric and much more intelligent aircraft....More

The stakes are high for General Electric’s GE9X testing program for Boeing’s future 777X twinjet....More

The commercial airline fleet is expected to grow by 2027 to more than 35,501 aircraft, 50% of which will be replacing in-service units....More

Five and a half years after entry into service of its first GEnx-2B-powered Boeing 747-8F, Cargolux became the first operator worldwide to fly one million hours with this engine and remains GE’s GEnx fleet leader in total operating hours....More

GE CEO Jeff Immelt's comments show leading aerospace companies are paying more than just lip service to the idea of electric propulsion....More

The TRUEngine™ program reached 15,000 engine enrollments, a 25% increase in the last year. More than 200 operators and lessors have engines in the program....More