To: Oztrich Boy
CFM, CFM56 and the CFM logo are all trademarks of CFM International, a 50/50 Joint company of Snecma (SAFRAN Group) and General Electric.
12 posted on
02/24/2010 5:20:03 PM PST by
Waverunner
( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
To: Waverunner
NG-EADS bid the General Electric CF6-80 for their KC-45, not the CFM-56 that the KC-135R currently uses. Boeing bid the PW-4062 last time around.
And many parts of the 767 are made outside of the US.
13 posted on
02/24/2010 5:29:59 PM PST by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Waverunner
CFM, CFM56 and the CFM logo are all trademarks of CFM International, a 50/50 Joint company of Snecma (SAFRAN Group) and General Electric. Whose only product is the CFM-56, an engine in the 18-34,000lb range. And yes GE builds them to power the Boeing KC-135R and Boeing P-8
However the NorthropGrumman/EADS KC330/KC-45 needs engines of 72000lb thrust. They are General Electric CF6-80s
17 posted on
02/24/2010 5:46:22 PM PST by
Oztrich Boy
(great thing about being a cynic: you can enjoy being proved wrong.)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson