General Electric reports
General Electric reports completion last week of fan-blade containment tests of the composite-fan casing for the GEnx for Boeing's 787 and 747-8. The composite-fan case provides an additional weight-savings measure in the GEnx, which uses composite fan blades developed for the GE90.
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