Write a new page in the history of aeronautics and a new chapter in their alliance, while outstripping the competition, by being the first to launch a clean engine.
These are the ambitious objectives of French Safran and its American counterpart GE Aviation.
Before Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney, the two groups announced, Monday, June 14, that they are jointly embarking on the race towards the zero emission engine.
First step announced yesterday, the launch of a technological development program for a new generation of reactors to succeed the Leap engines, which equip the Chinese Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737 Max and Comac C 919.
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Called Rise
(Revolutionay Innovation for Sustainable Engines),
this program will be carried out within CFM International, the joint venture between the two engine manufacturers.
To mark their common commitment to carbon-free aviation, Olivier Andriès, CEO of Safran, and John Slattery, his counterpart from GE Aviation,
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