Aviation and the environment Market driven, Technology enabled I LOVE that gopher! So you don’t think gophers and dancing elephants sell products? Well suspend your skepticism for the next 8 minutes while I try to persuade you they can…and they do. Sure ecomagination is a great branding campaign, but it is much, much more. (click)  

Aviation’s environmental success Comet 4 100 Baseline 80 Engine -40% % of Base (Comet 4) Fuel Efficiency 60 Aircraft -70% 40 20 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Year of Model Introduction United Nation Environmental Program http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/aviation/133.htm

The next century … cleaner, quieter, efficient, affordable Fuel Burn 20% Emissions (NOx) 85% Noise 50% Cost of Ownership 30% Reliability 50% 3 GE – Aviation 11/24/2018

Fuel burn technologies Weight reduction & aerodynamic improvement Novel Titanium Alloys 2008 2012 2015+ Highly loaded compressor- adaptive cycle engines Next-gen composite fan; Open rotors Ceramic-matrix composite blade Computer optimized Low pressure turbine designs Composite Fan case Ceramic matrix composites have 1/3 the density of nickel-based alloys Highly loaded Single-stage turbine

Emissions technologies Lean combustion 2006 2008 2015+ Next generation TAPS technologies Traditional Combustor Lean burning TAPS Combustor

Acoustics technologies Quieter engines Counter-rotating fan 2015+ 2012 Splice-less inlet 2008 Chevron Nozzles Fluidic / variable geometry chevrons Quiet Technology Demonstrator 2 (QTD2) Turbomachinery source noise reduction

Cost of ownership technologies Improved durability and robustness Improved sensor technology 2008 2012 2015+ Super-hydrophobic coatings Intelligent Engine Surface treatments for improved life Powder Metal Durability

Technology leadership Our heritage … right technology at the right time Pipeline for future products … maturing tomorrow’s technologies today Bringing technology benefits … future innovation Developing technology for 2013 and beyond