WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of European planemaker Airbus said novel open-rotor technology being tested by engine maker CFM International offers promising efficiencies and reductions in emissions ...

Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury has made clear he expects the European airframer’s next narrowbody jet will be 25% more efficient than today’s models – and he is banking on CFM International’s ...

Airbus is actively encouraging propulsion manufacturers to explore open-rotor engine concepts to offer competition to CFM International’s RISE programme. Although still a demonstrator, the RISE engine ...

This disruptive architecture, a key pillar of the CFM RISE technology demonstration program (1), is currently the most promising in terms of reducing the environmental footprint of aviation. The Open ...

Safran Aircraft Engines (Courcouronnes, France) and Onera (Modane), France’s national aerospace research agency, have begun first wind tunnel tests with the ECOENGInE, a 1:5 scale demonstrator of the ...

Wind-tunnel testing has begun in the world's biggest supersonic wind tunnel on the crucial next-generation engine, promising big fuel efficiency gains, from GE Aerospace, Safran Aircraft Engines and ...

Airbus is really excited about an open-rotor engine. Boeing not so much. Here's why. Don't miss a single episode of the award-winning Check 6. Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you ...

Safran-GE joint venture produces LEAP engines for Airbus, Boeing CFM venture also competes with independents for repair services Maintenance capacity under pressure due to strong demand BRUSSELS, Oct ...

A RISE open-fan engine concept on display at Singapore Airshow. Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images LIEGE, Belgium—If airframers are not interested in the open-fan architecture of the RISE ...

PARIS, July 31 (Reuters) - French aerospace group Safran (SAF.PA), opens new tab raised annual forecasts after posting higher-than-expected first-half profits on Thursday, pushing its shares up more ...