Engines
GE-Honda Says HF-120 Ready for Entry Into Service
Service network is in place and company is looking ahead to future applications, including single-engine platforms.

With its HF120 engine soon to enter service powering the HA-420 HondaJet, GE Honda Aero Engines president Steve Shaknaitis said all systems are go to support the engine, even as the company looks ahead toward additional applications for the new powerplant.

“We have one product, but we have much more,” Shaknaitis said, as he delivered an overview during NBAA 2015 of the where the program stands. Its Burlington, N.C. factory is building engines, producing 46 to date, and the company has established a service network in North America, Western Europe and Brazil, with parts and tools in place and training completed.

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