The eco-friendly approach does not mean an aircraft powered by open fan engines would be less potent. The goal is to make the tech in such a way as to allow the planes to reach speeds of Mach 0.8 ...

GE Aviation and Safran announced a new technology development program that aims to reduce fuel consumption for jet aircraft by 20 percent while reducing CO2 emissions at the same time.

Highly-Efficient, Open Fan Architecture Engine Will Power Hybrid Electric Jets. Published: 16 Jun 2021, 12:00 UTC • By: ... while also electrifying many of the jet’s systems.

The newly improved rig for testing was originally used by GE and NASA in the 1980s on scale models of counter-rotating fan systems, which led to the development of the GE36 engine.

Airbus is teasing technologies that could enable its next-generation single-aisle jet, including innovative engine and wing designs aimed at boosting efficiency. The Toulouse-based airframer ...

The world’s largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, has been recruited as a flight test demonstrator to trial new open fan engine architecture which could cut CO2 emissions by 20%, compared to ...

GE Aerospace has started testing key components of its in-development open-fan engine, and executives still insist the fuel-efficient design will find its way on future narrowbody passenger jets.

GE Aerospace has announced that to support the development of a new open fan jet engine architecture, the organization has run simulations using Frontier, the world’s no. 1 ranked supercomputer, ...

General Electric and France's Safran on Monday set out plans to test-build an open-bladed jet engine able to reduce fuel usage and emissions by 20% as they prolonged their engine joint-venture ...

Airbus is to test a radical engine with visible fan blades as the world’s largest plane maker gears up to develop a successor for its best-selling A320 family of jets.

Jet engines that you find (most commonly) or airplanes have a particular kind of fan that helps make the whole thing work.