GE Aviation Gets Another Feather In Its Hat

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Dec 18, 2014

General Electric (GE, Financial) has been operating in several profitable sectors and aviation section has been growing from the past decade as aero majors such as Boeing (BA, Financial) and Airbus (EADSY, Financial) have gone for GE engines for their efficiency factor and their level of innovation. GE has been the champion in innovation in the aviation industry where GE engines have won a significant market share and are most wanted in the new aircraft category coming up in the next few years. Let’s find out in detail how GE Aviation is continuously building on its customer count with its engines which are improvised versions suitable for today’s aircrafts.

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Adding an ace to its sleeve

GE Aviation has been recently chosen by airplane stalwart, Boeing to supply avionics computing system for its new 777X aircraft which is at its designing phase. This decision came after the success seen on the 787 Dreamliner by Boeing.

As per the contract, GE Aviation would equip the 777X aircraft with common core system (CCS) and Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorder (EAFR). The CCS is in fact the brain of the aircraft, so winning an order to make them is indeed a success to celebrate. Also to be noted, this marks a remarkable step of GE moving beyond just engine supply for aircraft.

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GE’s EAFR will record parametric flight data, flight crew audio, and data link communications, and would store this data in non-volatile, crash-survivable memory, which can be salvaged and analysed. In fact, the same concept has met a successful stand in Boeing Dreamliners and thousands of military aircraft that use GE’s flight recorders.

The system's technology would involve two different plants of GE: the CCS and EAFR would be developed at its Grand Rapids, Michigan, unit and the remote data concentrators would be made at the Cheltenham, U.K., facility.

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Not only would the Boeing 777X that is targeting the first delivery by 2020 have the systems technology from GE but also the engines of the aircraft would be of GE, the Ge9X engines that are currently under development and are expected to be 5% more efficient than comparable engines.

Adding a competitive edge to Boeing

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Launched in 2013, the Boeing 777X has 300 orders and commitments from six customers till date. With GE winning the contract for the engines as well as the systems development, the brand name would enhance the list of orders for the U.S. aircraft manufacturer and will promote its 777X version furthermore, maybe much more than the company’s expectations.

Hence, one thing is clear- Boeing will have a competitive edge by using GE’s offerings for its well acclaimed 777X aircraft.

Final word

GE is obviously showing its true colour, through the remarkable work on the Boeing 787 and now the 777X aircraft which still has enough time to meet the skies. By bagging this contract, GE Aviation could enhance its top line growth in the days ahead and it proves that it’s undoubtedly a leader in the technology space.