CFM is planning to move the first core for Leap X testing into a test cell at its Evandale, Ohio facility on 15 May in preparation to start the first set of tests in June. The core comprises a ...
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 ...