Safran has played down the significance of reports that its CFM International narrowbody joint venture with GE Aerospace is developing a ducted-fan alternative to the open-rotor architecture being ...

CFM is quietly developing an alternative in case open-fan engines don't hit the mark.

Singapore will host the world’s first airport testbed for next-generation open-fan aircraft engines. The memorandum of understanding was signed at the Changi Aviation Summit, held on the eve of the ...

Singapore is to develop the world’s first airport testing ground for technologies being developed though CFM International’s RISE open-rotor engine demonstrator programme, as part of an agreement with ...

In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in February 2026 at the 3rd Changi Aviation Summit, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), CFM International and Airbus agreed to establish ...