In 2018, the world’s largest jet engine—the GE9X—took flight. In the 100,000 pound thrust class, the engine is as wide as the entire body of a Boeing 737. The first GE9X engine endured an accumulated 335 hours and 375 cycles of tests and is currently in its 2nd phase of testing.

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[A] A GE90 engine awaits testing at GE's Peebles, OH facility. It has a world-record 127,900 pounds of thrust.

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A GE electric charging station with an electric car circa 1911.

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Carbon-fiber composite fan blades spinning on a GE90 jet engine at GE's aviation test facility in Peebles, OH

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The GE9X jet engine has officially set the Guiness World Record for thrust at 134,300 lbs, officially making it the most powerful jet engine in the world.

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“Cold spray” is an additive technique developed to repair aircraft parts. It shoots tiny metal grains from a supersonic nozzle at aircraft engine blades to add new material to them without changing their properties. In this photo, you can see a robotic arm direct the supersonic nozzle.

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Putting the GE9X, GE’s newest jet engine, through its paces. For the past seven years, engineers have bombarded the engine with dust, ice and debris to simulate 3,000 takeoffs and landings.

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“Cold spray” is an additive technique developed to repair aircraft parts. It shoots tiny metal grains from a supersonic nozzle at aircraft engine blades to add new material to them without changing their properties. In this photo, you can see a robotic arm direct the supersonic nozzle.

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The GE90-115B fan blade was introduced into New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 2004 as a perfect example of cutting-edge engineering, design and beauty

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A GE90 engine awaits testing at GE's Peebles, OH facility. It has a world-record 127,900 pounds of thrust.

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Straight on shot of a CFM LEAP jet engine. Fun fact: Each fan blade, woven from carbon fiber composites, is strong enough to hold the weight of a wide-body aircraft.

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The interior of a GP7200 turbofan engine that powers the Airbus A380, and is based on tech from 2 engines that were in service for a combined 72 million-plus hours

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This is a look at the GE Catalyst engine. The combustion chamber & numerous structural elements are created using additive techniques, which will result in a simpler, lighter, and more compact engine. This enables it to deliver 15% lower fuel burn & 10% higher cruise power compared to other engines.

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A GE electric charging station with an electric car circa 1911. [833 × 1024]

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Measuring more than 4 feet long and weighing less than 50 pounds, each GE90 fan blade is made from carbon fiber and a toughened epoxy matrix that delivers 2X the strength and 1/3 the weight of titanium

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Some aviation eye candy of the world’s largest jet engine, the new GE9X: 105k lbs of thrust, 134 inch fan, 16 carbon composite blades, 7 additively manufactured components, and more.

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The main frame from the a-CT7 turboprop demonstrator engine. Traditionally manufactured with 300 individual components—now made as 1.

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The main frame from the a-CT7 turboprop demonstrator engine. Traditionally manufactured with 300 individual components—now made as 1.

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The GE90-115B fan blade was introduced into New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 2004 as a perfect example of cutting-edge engineering, design and beauty

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A titanium gyroid printed in an Arcam Q10 machine. An infinitely connected triply periodic minimal surface used in heat exchangers

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In the 1950s, GE scientist Bernard Vonnegut, brother of Kurt Vonnegut, joined a research team looking for ways to control the weather and even break up hurricanes with dry ice. Image Size: 4596 x 5910

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GE is developing an H Series aerobatic engine at its test chamber in Prague. It’s a first-in-class, aerobatic-turboprop engine designed to keep running smoothly despite topsy-turvy conditions.

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A 74 year-old Thomas Edison tests the packaging for his most famous invention, the incandescent light bulb. 1922. [500 x 375]

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The GEnx engine is also the world's first commercial jet engine with both a front fan case and fan blades made of carbon-fiber composites

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A cowl for a GEnx jet engine stretched out. These cowls help with the crucial cooling process. [3000 x 1742]

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The GEnx: An advanced dual rotor, axial flow, high-bypass turbofan jet engine for the Boeing 787 and 747-8. [3840 x 2160]

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Testing a GE9X jet engine at GE’s jet engine test operations site in Peebles, OH.

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GE Research scientist Leonard Niedrach working with a fuel cell prototype in 1965. Image size: 612 x 612

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MRI magnets must be cooled to near absolute zero. Here, super cold Helium gas is funneled into an MRI magnet during the cool down phase

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Manufacturing a Silicon Carbide chip requires over 200 fabrication steps. This is one of the first: using spin coating to deposit a thin layer of photoresist that allows workers to pattern the wafer.

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The GEnx engine is also the world's first commercial jet engine with both a front fan case and fan blades made of carbon-fiber composites

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