Following its 2024 split, the legal successor to General Electric is now GE Aerospace. GE Aerospace is a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and general aviation aircraft. They also provide avionics systems. GE Aerospace has a long history of working with the US military and has many commercial partners.
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Starfighters Space has a recent progress update on its STARLAUNCH 1 air-launch platform with GE Aerospace.
Starfighters Space has announced progress on its STARLAUNCH 1 air-launch platform with GE Aerospace.
The five contractors for the MTSS study were McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, General Electric, Lockheed, Martin, and General Dynamics/Astronautics.
After successful wind tunnel testing of the STARLAUNCH 1 rocket design, Starfighters Space is moving the program to Critical Design Review with support from GE Aerospace.
GE Aerospace supported Starfighters Space’s STARLAUNCH development through prior engineering work and flight test activities and is planned to participate in the upcoming Critical Design Review to strengthen program discipline and accelerate risk reduction.
The Peebles test campaign required GE Aerospace to design and integrate equipment not used in previous engine trials at the site.
NASA, GE Aerospace, and other partners spent years maturing the technologies needed for the hybrid-electric propulsion demonstration.
The HyTEC program transitioned NASA's early hybrid research into a cost-sharing contract with GE Aerospace.
The hybrid-electric power extraction demonstration at Peebles was one of the most complex engine tests GE Aerospace has staged at that site.
GE Aerospace tested a modified version of its Passport engine with hybrid-electric capability at the Peebles Test Operations site in Ohio.
NASA and GE Aerospace are analyzing data from the Peebles demonstration along with results from previous work.
NASA and GE Aerospace are making progress toward a compact engine test targeted for a later date following the Peebles demonstration.
GE Aerospace's Edison Works organization is leading advanced defense propulsion and systems development using rapid prototyping and digital engineering.
The tested configuration combines GE Aerospace's rotating detonation combustion system with a Lockheed Martin tactical inlet to condition high-speed airflow entering the combustor.
GE Aerospace hosted direct connect tests at its research center in Niskayuna, New York, to evaluate ramjet ignition and steady cruise operation.
GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin plan to continue maturing the rotating detonation ramjet through 2026.
The demonstration is part of a joint technology development agreement between GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin.
GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin announced the successful completion of a series of engine tests for a liquid-fueled Rotating Detonation Ramjet (RDR) on January 14, 2026.
GE Aerospace intends to continue technology maturation for the RDR throughout 2026 following the successful direct-connect tests.
The project follows two years of internal investment by GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin to address the efficiency gap in hypersonic flight.