Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

GE Aviation is ramping up research on multiple fronts, including three partnership demonstration programs launched over the past year, as it progresses toward its goal of net zero by 2050. The company is highlighting those efforts with a GE to Net Zero digital display at its pavilion (Chalet B026) at the 2022 Farnborough International Airshow.

 


GE invested $1.6 billion in aviation research and development in 2021, including emissions-reducing technologies. Noting the company recently renewed its commercial engines portfolio, Allen Paxson, v-p and general manager of GE Aviation commercial program strategy, said the company has outlined its&nbsp;technology "building blocks" for the future to further improve fuel efficiency and ensure their compatibility with lower-carbon fuels. "We currently have one of the most robust innovation pipelines in our company’s more than 100-year history to help the industry become more sustainable,” he explained.

 


Since June 2021, the engine maker has participated in three separate partnership demonstration programs, including one between Airbus and CFM International—a 50-50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines—to develop and test a hydrogen-powered engine. GE also has joined an initiative with NASA and Boeing to develop and fly a megawatt hybrid-electric propulsion system. CFM also is moving forward with its RISE&nbsp;(Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) program involving new architectures such as open fan. The program has a goal of achieving at least 20 percent lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions compared with the most efficient engines today.&nbsp;Plans call for multiple ground and flight tests for engines that could reach market beginning in the mid-2030s.

 


In separate efforts, GE, CFM, and its Engine Alliance partnership with Pratt &amp; Whitney have all approved use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for their engines. GE is continuing testing and demonstration programs&nbsp;as well as working with the standards organization body ASTM&nbsp;as it pursues 100 percent SAF drop-in opportunities.

 


Other sustainable efforts surround gaining efficiencies through advanced materials such as ceramic matrix composites&nbsp;and system&nbsp;technologies such as optimized flight paths. GE Aviation further pointed to its 360 Foam Wash on-wing cleaning technology that improves engine efficiency and GE Digital’s FlightPulse flight analytics tool.

 


“The challenges ahead of our aviation industry are significant,” Paxson said. “We take our role in supporting the industry through the current recovery&nbsp;as well as accelerating the path to lower CO2 emissions seriously.”

GE Aviation Steps Up Toward Net Zero

GE Aviation's multi-pronged initiative targets a goal of net zero by 2050 and includes partnerships on hydrogen and hybrid-electric technology.

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Farnborough AirShow 2022

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