General Electric is way more than microwaves and refrigerators. GE Aerospace has been providing America's front line fighters ...

The company built the first U.S. jet engine, the I-A, in 1942. In 1949, GE developed the J47, which would become the most-produced jet engine in history. Today, GE Aerospace designs and ...

It was powered by four General Electric J47-GE-13 turbojet engines, enabling speeds ranging from 365 to 566 miles per hour.

Area ruling, which reduces drag at transonic speeds, enabled the early 1960s Convair F-102 to reach Mach 1.2. Courtesy Franklin Ratliff General Electric’s J47 and J79 and Westinghouse’s J46 ...