Engines
GE Pitches B-52’s Passport To Future
GE thinks its Passport engine used on the Bombardier Global 7500 is a strong candidate for the U.S. Air Force's upcoming B-52 engine replacement.
GE Aviation's Passport is one of two engines its fielding for consideration in the Air Force's upcoming B-52H re-engining program. (Photo: GE Aviation)
GE Aviation's Passport is one of two engines its fielding for consideration in the Air Force's upcoming B-52H re-engining program. (Photo: GE Aviation)

While GE Aviation (Booth C10030) remains close-lipped about other potential business jet applications for its new Passport engine, it is pursuing a wholly new market for its turbofan that powers Bombardier’s Global 7500. Passport and the CF34-10 are the two engines GE will pitch for the U.S. Air Force’s request for proposal to re-engine its fleet of 76 B-52H Stratofortress bombers, Laurence Vigeant-Langlois, manager of GE’s Passport program, told AIN.