Aviation View | Volume 1, Issue 3

13 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3 GE AVIATION AWARDED U.S. FAA CLEEN III FUNDING FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE AVIATION TECHNOLOGIES G E Aviation is advancing ground-breaking work to develop noise and emissions- reducing technologies for aircraft engines under a research partnership announced by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). GE and the U.S. FAA will invest nearly $55 million over five years to accelerate development of a series of technologies for more sustainable aviation, including open fan engine architecture, electrification, noise- lowering technologies, and more, as well as ongoing research into alternative jet fuels through the FAA‘s Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program. This is the third CLEEN award GE Aviation has received since 2010. “GE Aviation has a robust pipeline of breakthrough technologies to help achieve our ambitious decarbonization goals for aircraft engines. This investment by the U.S. FAA brings us another step closer to introducing open fan, hybrid electric and new engine core technologies to our customers sooner, improving fuel efficiency and lowering carbon emissions from aviation,” said Arjan Hegeman, general manager of advanced technologies for GE Aviation. GE Aviation and Safran in June 2021 launched a bold technology development program targeting more than 20 percent lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions compared to today’s most efficient engines. The CFM RISE* (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) Program will demonstrate and mature a range of new, disruptive technologies for future engines that could enter service by the mid-2030s. Funding from the CLEEN program supports research This investment by the U.S. FAA brings us another step closer to introducing open fan, hybrid electric and new engine core technologies to our customers sooner OPENING L INES and development efforts for several of the most promising technologies to achieve CFM RISE Program goals for a major step-change reduction in carbon emissions for future, next- generation single-aisle aircraft engines. Technologies being funded by CLEEN Phase III include: • Open fan —GE Aviation and its partners plan to mature and test an open fan