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GE Bringing ‘Additive Value’ to Aircraft Engines

The push into more additive content would reduce cost and weight, while improving reliability.

By Mark Huber • Contributor

November 1, 2016

GE Aviation revealed plans on Monday at NBAA 2016 to incorporate more additive manufacturing, widely known as 3-D printing, in future engines, among them the Advanced Turboprop (ATP) slated to power the Cessna Denali.

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