Shanghai, China – May 5, 2017 – In partnership with its AVIAGE SYSTEMS joint venture, GE Aviation congratulates COMAC on today’s first flight of the C919 from Shanghai Pudong International Airport.  

GE Aviation is a key supplier on the C919 providing the following through AVIAGE SYSTEMS: the TrueCourse™ Flight Management System, Onboard Maintenance System, Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorder, Standby Displays and Remote Interface Units.    

AVIAGE SYSTEMS is supplying the integrated modular avionics system on the C919. This system is the central information system and backbone of the airplane’s networks and electronics and will host the airplane’s avionics, maintenance and utility functions.

AVIAGE SYSTEMS, a 50/50 joint venture between GE Aviation and the Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC), represents a significant milestone in the growing aerospace relationship between Chinese aviation industry and GE Aviation since the mid-1980s.  The GE-AVIC joint venture extends the relationship beyond engines into commercial avionics.

GE Aviation, an operating unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), is a world-leading provider of commercial and military jet engines, and avionics, digital solutions and electrical power systems for aircraft.

GE is the world’s Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive.  GE is organized around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store," where each business shares and accesses the same technology, markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels innovation and application across our industrial sectors. With people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for customers by speaking the language of industry.  www.geaviation.com/digital

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