The GE9X Engine Explore: The World's Largest Jet Engine

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Largest in the world. Most fuel-efficient. Quietest. Lowest emissions. Racking up this many superlatives in one machine takes a combination of brawn and brains. Built with advanced techniques and materials, the engine is an engineering marvel whose beauty lies in the details. Have a look. The GE9X was designed to generate 100,000 pounds of thrust several times more than the thrust of many fighter jets, and also more than the rocket used in America's first manned space flight.

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