GE Validates CFM Leap 1 Upgrades With New Dust Test

Guy Norris Joe Anselmo May 19, 2023
Leap 1 Dust ingestion testing

Leap 1 dust ingestion testing

Credit: GE Aerospace
EVENDALE, Ohio—Improvements to the CFM Leap 1 engine designed to enable CFM56-like durability are being validated in a series of dust ingestion tests now getting underway at GE Aerospace’s Evendale, Ohio, facility. Like nearly all the new generation fuel-efficient turbofans designed to operate at...
Guy Norris

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.

Joe Anselmo

Joe Anselmo has been Editorial Director of the Aviation Week Network and Editor-in-Chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology since 2013. Based in Washington, D.C., he directs a team of more than two dozen aerospace journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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