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General Electric GEnx

Turbofan jet engine

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
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The General Electric GEnx is an advanced dual rotor, axial flow, high-bypass turbofan jet engine in production by GE Aerospace. It is one of two engine options available for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and it was also produced for the Boeing 747-8. The GEnx succeeds the CF6 in GE's product line.

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