The testing launches a two-year program that will culminate in engine certification in 2016 and entry into commercial service on the Boeing 737 MAX airplane in 2017. The LEAP-1B engine, which is the ...
This year has seen CFM International ramping up the test programme for its next generation Leap-X engine and in July it will begin the first tests of its open rotor technology. Open rotors could offer ...
CFM International initiated flight testing of the LEAP-1B engine on April 29 on a modified 747 flying testbed at GE Aviation Flight Test Operations in Victorville, California. The testing is the next ...