Engines
GE Business Aircraft Engines Making Developmental Progress

GE Aviation is currently gathering hardware for the assembly of the first Passport engine for the Bombardier Global 7000 and 8000 program. Assembly of the first full engine will begin by year end, according to Brad Mottier, vice president and general manager of GE Aviation’s Business and General Aviation organization.

“As of April 27, GE has frozen the design of the Passport engine,” he said. “Since then we've performed two fan blisk validation tests, Fadec testing and ice ingestion testing. The first engine ground tests are expected to be complete in 2013, and the engine is expected to be in flight testing in 2014. We remain confident in the engine’s performance and look forward to testing the first Passport engine next year.”