Next-Gen Single-Aisle Engine Technology Plans Firm Up

mockup of open fan’s small core

The open fan’s small core is graphically represented in this view of the mockup displayed at the recent Paris Air Show.

Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images
In the two years since the GE Aerospace-Safran CFM International joint venture revealed plans to target development of an open fan concept for its next-generation, single-aisle airliner engine, the program has been kept under wraps and technological progress has gone largely unreported. Now this—and...

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