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GE-Aviation, a subsidiary of General Electric, is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio (a Cincinnati suburb). GE-Aviation is the top supplier of aircraft engines in the world and offers engines for the majority of commercial aircraft. GE Aviation is part of GE Infrastructure, itself a major part of the conglomerate General Electric, one of the world's largest corporations. The division operated under the former name of General Electric Aircraft Engines or GEAE until September of 2005.

In 1942, General Electric developed the first US jet engine in Lynn, Massachusetts. It continues to make jet engines for the United States Department of Defense and subsidiary services. Engines assembled at this plant include the F404, F414, T700, and CFE738 military powerplants. The plant at Lynn also produces the CT7 commercial turboprop powerplant and commercial versions of the T700.

The Evendale plant conducts final assembly for the CFM International CFM56, LM6000, and LM2500 powerplants.

The Durham, North Carolina facility conducts final assembly for the GE90, CF6, and CF34 powerplants. Crucial parts for these engines are crafted in secondary GEAE facilities, such as those in Bromont, Quebec, Hooksett, New Hampshire, Madisonville, Kentucky, and Rutland, Vermont, where the engine blades and vanes are manufactured.

GE-Aviation's main competitors in the engine market are Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney. Snecma has significant interests in the GE Aviation civil engine range - having an equal share of CFM International which was established thirty years ago and major stake holdings in other engine families. GE Aviation is also a partner with Honda Motor Company in the GE Honda joint venture.

Then-GEAE (and competitor Rolls-Royce) were selected by Boeing to power its new 787. GE Aviation's offering is the GEnx, a development of the GE90. GE-Aviation has also secured lead engine status on Boeing 787's competitor, the Airbus A350, and has two-year exclusivity on the Boeing 747-8.

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Engine Range

CFM56-5 installation on an A340
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CFM56-5 installation on an A340

Civil Applications

Military Applications

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Industrial aero-derivative and marine propulsion

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