CFM International has started assembling the third version of the Leap-series turbofan engine family as initial test results on the first variant have “thrilled” company officials. Assembly of the ...

CFM International has completed successful blade-out testing of its next-generation Leap X powerplant. The tests, run in December at the company's development centre at Villaroche, near Paris, ...

MADRID—An improved turbine blade for the CFM Leap 1, together with a newly developed fix for a long-running fuel nozzle coking issue, remain on track for introduction from 2024 onward and put the ...

WEST CHESTER, Ohio — 6 September 2013 — CFM International has initiated testing of the first full LEAP engine, launching an extensive ground and flight test certification program that will encompass ...

CFM International has announced it has started ground testing of the first LEP-1B engine for the re-engined Boeing 737MAX program. Nominated as the exclusive engine for the MAX family, the LEAP-1B was ...

The LEAP-1B engine began flight tests on a modified 747-100 flying test bed in late April. Jet engine builder CFM International and Boeing Commercial Airplanes are expressing confidence and ...

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The LEAP-1B engine, which is the exclusive powerplant for the 737 MAX family, fired for the first time on June 13, 2014, three days ahead of the schedule set when the program was launched in 2011.

Baseline performance of a Passport 20 was assessed prior to the start of modifications for upcoming power extraction tests. Credit: GE Aerospace For a commercial aircraft industry strangely bereft of ...

CFM International, the world's largest maker of jet engines by number of units sold, said on Wednesday that testing of a new powerplant for the next generation of narrowbody passenger jets was going ...