GE Tests Rotating Ceramic Composite Material for Fighter Jet Engine
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GE Aviation successfully tested the world’s first non-static set of light-weight, ceramic matrix composite (CMC) parts by running rotating low-pressure turbine blades in a F414 turbofan demonstrator engine designed to further validate the heat-resistant material for high-stress operation in GE’s next-generation Adaptive Engine Technology Demonstrator (AETD) program currently in development with the United States Air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ge-tests-rotating-ceramic-composite-material-for-fighter-jet-engine-62918/
GE Aviation successfully tested the world’s first non-static set of light-weight, ceramic matrix composite (CMC) parts by running rotating low-pressure turbine blades in a F414 turbofan demonstrator engine designed to further validate the heat-resistant material for high-stress operation in GE’s next-generation Adaptive Engine Technology Demonstrator (AETD) program currently in development with the United States Air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ge-tests-rotating-ceramic-composite-material-for-fighter-jet-engine-62918/