GE-Aviation

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 name of General Electric Aircraft Engines or GE... more

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 name of General Electric Aircraft Engines or GEAE until September 2005. GE Aviation's main competitors in the engine market are Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney. General Electric had a long history in steam turbine work, dating back to the turn of the century. In 1903 they hired Stanford Moss, who, in time, started the development of turbosuperchargers at GE. This led to a series of record breaking flights over the next ten years. At first the role of high-altitude flight was limited, but in the years immediately prior to WWII they became standard equipment on practically all military... less