GE Opens Aircraft Engine Testing, R&D Center

GE Canada opened a new testing and research center in Winnipeg, Man., where it will conduct icing certification testing on GE Aircraft jet engines, and develop new testing methods and equipment. The $50-million installation is a partnership for GE with StandardAero, a provider of engine and airframe maintenance services, engine component repair, and other services for business and general aviation, airlines, and other customers. … "GE Aviation is in the midst of record new engine product development programs," according to Kevin Kanter, engineering executive of GE Aviation's Design & Integration Systems Engineering. "The new icing testing, research and development center will expand GE's testing capacity and allow us to meet our commitments to customers."
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