Thirty More Years Of Traditional Power?

John Morris August 27, 2020
blisks, GTF engine
MTU Aero is developing new manufacturing techniques for blisks for next-generation GTF engines.
Credit: MTU Aero
It is easy to write off jet propulsion as “old,” even as GE Aviation refreshes its whole portfolio of commercial engines for the next 20 years, Pratt & Whitney works on the future road map for its geared turbofan (GTF) and Rolls-Royce develops its UltraFan as the basis for next-generation airliners...
John Morris

John was editor of Aviation Week's ShowNews for nearly two decades. He retired in 2020. His background in business journalism before joining Aviation Week includes stints at Reuters, the American Banker daily banking newspaper and as business news editor at the Milwaukee Journal and the Cincinnati Enquirer.

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