GE: development program with Safran
(CercleFinance.com) - GE Aviation and Safran have announced the long-term extension of their 50/50 partnership in CFM International through to 2050, as well as the launch of a technology development program called CFM RISE (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines).
This program aims to bring to maturity an entire range of innovative and disruptive technologies for tomorrow's engines, which could be in service by the middle of the next decade, it said.
It aims to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by over 20% compared to today's best engines, and to make them 100% compatible with alternative energies, such as sustainable aviation fuels and hydrogen.
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