Why CFM's open-fan engine must solve the acoustic problem that killed GE's 1980s open-rotor program

What was the issue and what impact did it have?
Aviation Week Network

Durability and Efficiency. How Open Fan Could Improve Both

The Open Fan engine, the distinctive architecture that could power the next generation of single-aisle aircraft, targets a ...
autoevolution

Future Aircraft Will Have Jet Engine Fan Blades Outside the Nacelles, Airbus to Try It First

The Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines (RISE) program aims to come up with an open fan design for future ...
Flightglobal

Test Progress Builds Confidence in Open Fan Architecture

Progress is accelerating for the RISE technology demonstrator, a program of CFM International, a 50-50 joint company between GE Aerospace and Safran Aircraft Engines. More than 250 tests have been ...
Flightglobal

Pratt & Whitney stays true to ducted-fan plan and rejects open-rotor engine for next-generation single-aisle

Pratt & Whitney continues to insist its engine offering for the next generation of single-aisle aircraft will be a traditional ducted fan engine, eschewing the open-fan design of its rival CFM ...
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GE Studies Dowty Propellers Technology For Open Fan

GE Studies Dowty Propellers Technology For Open Fan is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN ...