[Disestablishmentarian]

Your points are well-taken, but to be clear, Boeing does not manufacture aircraft engines. They are an airframe. The big players who manufacture engines are ...

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Thank you for the clarification.

Maybe you can help me with the name of that new Air Bus technology. It was turbo-something. From what I read, Boeing (or its suppliers at Boeing's direction) abandoned the research and Air Bus continued to and made a tremendous breakthrough.

[tang-soo]

Maybe you can help me with the name of that new Air Bus technology. It was turbo-something. From what I read, Boeing (or its suppliers at Boeing's direction) abandoned the research and Air Bus continued to and made a tremendous breakthrough.

My last year with GE and the aerospace business was 1994. Hard to believe it's been that long. Been in the business world since :)

However, I performed a goog search using these terms ...

Airbus technology turbo

I bet you can find what you are looking for with the results. Happy hunting!