GEnx Family

The Next Generation Turbofan

The GENX is GE's next generation turbofan and will be the workhorse engine of the 21st century for medium-capacity, long-range aircraft.


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Engine Overview

Designed around customers' needs, the GEnx represents a giant leap forward in propulsion technology. The engine will use the latest generation materials and design processes to reduce weight, improve performance and lower maintenance.

The GEnx will deliver 15 percent better specific fuel consumption than the engines it replaces, helping operators save whenever they fly. It is designed to stay on wing 30 percent longer, while using 30 percent fewer parts, greatly reducing maintenance. The GEnx's emissions will be as much as 95 percent below current regulatory limits, ensuring clean compliance for years to come, and it will be the quietest, most passenger-friendly commercial engine ever produced.

All of the these improvements are thanks to the incorporation of advanced and proven technologies from other engine families and on-going R&D programs. Like lightweight, durable composite materials and specialized coatings. An innovative, clean-burning combustor, a counter-rotating architecture, and a fan modeule that's virtually maintenance free.

It is a low-risk, high-value solution to the challenges our customers face everyday. It is the GEnx.

Quick Engine Facts

Thrust Range: 53,000-75,000 lbs.

Spotlight

GEnx-2B First Engine to Test.

GEnx-2B First Engine to Test

GE's GEnx-2B engine for the new Boeing 747-8 airplane achieves 70,000 Lbs. takeoff thrust in first test.


The right engine. Right now.

The right engine. Right now.

Explore program milestones, specifications, downloads and more for GE's next generation turbofan engine.


GEnx First Flight

GEnx Takes to the Air

The new GEnx engine took flight for the first time on board GE's 747-100 flying test bed in Victorville, CA.


GEnx FETT

Ready for Takeoff

The GEnx engine, GE's next generation aircraft engine, demonstrated 85,000 lbs. of takeoff thrust during ground testing in Peebles, Ohio.


GEnx Theatre

GEnx Theatre

Take an inside look at the advanced features of GE's next-generation engine with this comprehensive product tour.


7E7

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Combustor

GEnx TAPS Combustor

The GEnx will feature an advanced TAPS combustor that will produce a lower temperatures and more uniform gas stream temperature profile.


Turbine

New Revolutionary Turbine

By utilizing advanced design codes, the GEnx turbine will have fewer blades to do more work as well as a counter rotating architecture for even more efficient energy extraction.