CFM has a long history of pursuing new technologies to bring to our customers – technologies that will deliver operational benefit and safeguard the environment at the same time.
Representing the largest investment in advanced technology in the history of CFM, our LEAP technology program will bring even greater products to customers in the future.
Meeting the requirements we anticipate in the future will be extremely challenging, requiring a quantum leap in technology across the board. Through the LEAP56
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(Leading Edge Aviation Propulsion) program, CFM is laying a technology foundation that will position our engine family for future narrowbody aircraft.
Our engineers have developed a comprehensive list of basic engine design technologies to be evaluated. These include sophisticated composite materials along with next-generation 3-D aerodynamics and a low-emissions combustor.
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