Aircraft
Nexcelle’s nacelle shipsets prepping for first deliveries
Shipset for Comac C919 includes an inlet, fan cowl, O-Duct, inner fixed structure, electrical thrust reverser actuation system, exhaust and engine mounts.
Aircelle is delivering thrust reversers for the Passport engine shipset to equip the first Bombardier Global 7000 business jet to fly. Aircelle builds the reversers as part of its role in Nexcelle–the joint venture with GE Aviation’s Middle River Aircraft Systems.
Aircelle is delivering thrust reversers for the Passport engine shipset to equip the first Bombardier Global 7000 business jet to fly. Aircelle builds the reversers as part of its role in Nexcelle–the joint venture with GE Aviation’s Middle River Aircraft Systems.


GE Aviation and Safran joint-venture company Nexcelle plans to deliver initial nacelle shipsets for the Bombardier Global 7000 and Comac C919 flight-test aircraft this month, president Michel Abella told AIN. The company’s integrated propulsion system programs include the GE Aviation Passport engine that will power the Global 7000 business jet and the CFM International LEAP-1C for the C919 airliner.