GE-P&W GP7200 Set For Flight Testing By Year-End

Credit: JIM STUMP/GENERAL ELECTRIC
General Electric modified the configuration of high-pressure turbine blades in the GE-P&W Engine Alliance GP7200 to prevent recurrence of a distressed blade condition which was found during earlier testing at GE's Peebles, Ohio, facility. The engine is competing with Rolls-Royce's Trent 900 for the...

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