CFM RISE open fan
Full-scale hardware testing under way; no flight-test date has been announced.
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What it is
RISE is a CFM International program (GE Aerospace and Safran) to build an open-fan engine with an unducted fan, aimed at a fuel burn at least 20% lower than engines in service today. Preliminary design reviews of the fan blades and outlet guide vanes are complete, and mechanical and material tests are running.
Why it matters to the stock. If the open-fan design works, it could be the next generation of narrow-body engines after the LEAP. Trading the stock on RISE alone makes little sense because the flight test date is still unset.
News
CFM RISE open-fan completes preliminary design reviews of fan and core systems
CFM International, the GE Aerospace and Safran joint venture, said it completed preliminary design reviews of the Open Fan and outlet guide vane airfoils, and of the compact core systems.