GE picked by Boeing for longer-range 777X airliners

Boeing chose a derivative of General Electric's GE90 engine over competing designs from Pratt&Whitney and Rolls-Royce as the exclusive powerplant for longer-range 777X aircraft. Boeing hopes to build 500 of the 777-200X and -300X twinjets using an 115,000 poound-thrust growth version of the GE90...

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