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GE Continues To Progress on Catalyst Engine for Denali

The engine maker approaches the milestone following completion of ice testing on the Catalyst powerplant.

Over the past two winters, GE Aviation has subjected its new Catalyst turboprop engine to variable in-flight icing conditions. (Photo: GE Aviation)

By Jerry Siebenmark • Senior Editor

April 21, 2021

GE Aviation is progressing toward the installation of its new Catalyst turboprop engine on the new Cessna Denali following the completion of ice testing of the powerplant, the engine maker said this week. In the past two winters, the company has been running the engine in below-zero temperatures in what it calls “icing critical point analysis” at the National Research Council in Ottawa, Canada.

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