Set to power the world's biggest commercial jet, overcoming the engineering hurdles of this massive engine pushed its launch ...

Discover the engineering behind the 777X's engine.

The General Electric GE90 was once the undisputed king of commercial aircraft engines, and when it entered service in the 1990s, it pushed boundaries in a way few aviation technologies ever had. Its ...

The GE90 engine family has achieved impressive milestones: over 3,000 engines delivered, more than 130 million flight hours, and 18 million flight cycles. Designed specifically for the Boeing 777, the ...

But engine manufacturer shelves project to produce more powerful variant of the engine for the 777 “lite” General Electric is studying offering the GE90 as an engine option for the Boeing 777-300, ...

It's been more than a decade now since American aviation behemoth Boeing started working on the 777x, and the pieces are finally starting to fall into place. After a number of delays and missed ...

Boeing undertook certification flight tests in Alice Springs, Australia earlier this month of a new "thrust bump" setting on the General Electric GE90-110/115 powerplant, using engines installed on an ...

With delays in the Boeing 777X program, existing 777s powered by the GE90 engine will remain in use longer. GE Aerospace's annual report also reflected lower insurance and pension liabilities, along ...

Among the world’s fastest growing airlines, Emirates has committed to acquiring 300 GE9X engines for its new 777X fleet. The agreement for the GE9X engines is worth more than $11 billion list price.

Ethiopian Airlines has ordered five GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-200LR aircraft. Aircraft deliveries are scheduled to begin in late 2010. The engine order is valued at more than $350 million list ...

GE Aviation said Wednesday it will spend $200 million in 2013 on technology related to the development of the jet engine study GE9X. The GE9X study will develop the next generation engine in the ...