GE, NASA Team On Tests For Open Rotor Engines

General Electric (GE) Aviation and NASA have confirmed they are teaming on wind-tunnel tests of counter-rotating fan-blade systems for “open rotor” engine concepts. Interest in open rotor research surged as fuel prices soared through the $100-per-barrel barrier at the turn of the year on their way...

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