GE Validates CFM Leap 1 Upgrades With New Dust Test

Leap 1 Dust ingestion testing

Leap 1 dust ingestion testing

Credit: GE Aerospace
EVENDALE, Ohio—Improvements to the CFM Leap 1 engine designed to enable CFM56-like durability are being validated in a series of dust ingestion tests now getting underway at GE Aerospace’s Evendale, Ohio, facility. Like nearly all the new generation fuel-efficient turbofans designed to operate at...
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