It was touted at its 1990 launch as “the world’s largest and most powerful jet engine.” On Tuesday, GE Aerospace said it had delivered its 3,000th GE90 production engine. “Not many would have believed ...

The General Electric GE90 engine is widely recognized today as the largest and most powerful commercial aircraft engine currently in the skies. The GE90-115B variant of the engine is by far the most ...

The GE90 engine family has achieved impressive milestones: over 3,000 engines delivered, more than 130 million flight hours, and 18 million flight cycles. Designed specifically for the Boeing 777, the ...

In the late 1940s, GE introduced the J-47 gas turbine engine, which became the most-produced jet engine of the early jet age, powering aircraft such as the F-86 Sabre and several other new fighters.

Enormous engines like the GE90 had to be developed to power the 777, primarily because it has two turbofans rather than four.