GE Aviation and Safran Launch Advanced Technology Demonstration Program for Sustainable Engines; Extend CFM Partnership to 2050
14 Junio 2021 - 9:33AM
Business Wire
- CFM RISE* program targets more than 20 percent lower
emissions
- Program will include open fan architecture, hybrid electric
capability, demonstrator ground and flight tests around middle of
decade
- 100 percent Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Hydrogen capability in
scope
GE Aviation and Safran today launched a bold technology
development program targeting more than 20 percent lower fuel
consumption and CO2 emissions compared to today’s 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.
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John Slattery, President and CEO of GE
Aviation and Olivier Andriès, CEO of Safran sign agreement
extending the CFM International 50/50 partnership to the year 2050,
declaring their intent to lead the way for more sustainable
aviation in line with the industry’s commitment to halve CO2
emissions by 2050. (Photo: Business Wire)
The companies today also signed an agreement extending the CFM
International 50/50 partnership to the year 2050, declaring their
intent to lead the way for more sustainable aviation in line with
the industry’s commitment to halve CO2 emissions by 2050.
“The relationship between GE and Safran today is the strongest
it has ever been,” said John Slattery, President and CEO of GE
Aviation. “Together, through the RISE technology demonstration
program, we are reinventing the future of flight, bringing an
advanced suite of revolutionary technologies to market that will
take the next generation of single-aisle aircraft to a new level of
fuel efficiency and reduced emissions. We fully embrace the
sustainability imperative. As we have always done in the past, we
will deliver for the future.”
"Our industry is in the midst of the most challenging times we
have ever faced,” said Olivier Andriès, CEO of Safran. “We have to
act now to accelerate our efforts to reduce our impact on the
environment. Since the early 1970s, breakthrough engine efficiency
and reliability have been the hallmark of our historic partnership
and our LEAP engine already reduces emissions by 15 percent
compared to previous generation engines. Through the extension of
our CFM partnership to 2050, we are today reaffirming our
commitment to work together as technology leaders to help our
industry meet the urgent climate challenges.”
Technologies matured as part of the RISE Program will serve as
the foundation for the next-generation CFM engine that could be
available by the mid-2030s. The program goals include reducing fuel
consumption and CO2 emissions by more than 20 percent compared to
today’s most efficient engines, as well as ensuring 100 percent
compatibility with alternative energy sources such as Sustainable
Aviation Fuels and hydrogen.
Central to the program is state-of-the-art propulsive efficiency
for the engine, including developing an open fan architecture. This
is a key enabler to achieving significantly improved fuel
efficiency while delivering the same speed and cabin experience as
current single-aisle aircraft. The program will also use hybrid
electric capability to optimize engine efficiency while enabling
electrification of many aircraft systems.
The program is being led by a joint GE/Safran engineering team
that has laid out a comprehensive technology roadmap including
composite fan blades, heat resistant metal alloys, ceramic matrix
composites (CMCs), hybrid electric capability and additive
manufacturing. The RISE program includes more than 300 separate
component, module and full engine builds. A demonstrator engine is
scheduled to begin testing at GE and Safran facilities around the
middle of this decade and flight test soon thereafter.
The original 1974 framework agreement creating CFM International
as a 50/50 joint venture between the two aircraft engine
manufacturers redefined international cooperation and helped change
the course of commercial aviation. The partnership was renewed in
2008 for the launch of the LEAP program. Today, CFM is the world's
leading supplier of commercial aircraft engines with a product line
that serves as the industry benchmark for efficiency, reliability
and low overall cost of ownership. More than 35,000 CFM engines
have been delivered to more than 600 operators around the globe,
accumulating more than one billion flight hours.
* RISE (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) is a
registered trademark of CFM International.
Safran is an international high-technology group,
operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors),
defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a
safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more
environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a
global presence, with 79,000 employees and sales of 16.5 billion
euros in 2020, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or
regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran
undertakes research and development programs to maintain the
environmental priorities of its R&T and Innovation roadmap.
Safran is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange and is
part of the CAC 40 and Euro Stoxx 50 indices.
For more information : www.safran-group.com / Follow @Safran on
Twitter
GE Aviation, an operating unit of GE (NYSE: GE), is a
world-leading provider of jet engines, components and systems for
commercial and military aircraft. GE Aviation has a global service
network to support these offerings.
For more information, visit us at www.ge.com/aviation. Follow GE
Aviation on Twitter at http://twitter.com/GEAviation and YouTube,
at http://www.youtube.com/user/GEAviation.
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Press contacts: GE Aviation Perry Bradley
perry.bradley@ge.com Mobile: +1.513.607.0609
Safran Catherine Malek catherine.malek@safrangroup.com
Mobile : +33.6.47.88.03.17 Charles Soret
charles.soret@safrangroup.com Mobile: +33.6.31.60.96.79
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