Engines
GE9X Technology Validated As Program Gathers Pace
GE names partners for Boeing 777X powerplant as testing proves performance goals.
GE9X engine
GE9X engine

The technology stakes are high for the GE9X engine that will power Boeing’s new 777X twinjet, but GE Aviation believes its big bet on the weight savings to be delivered by unprecedented use of composites is about to pay off. The U.S. engine maker, which currently holds orders for some 600 of the engines, is leaving nothing to chance and, with more than two years of technology maturation behind it, the company is now stepping up its test program en route to certification in 2018.