Getting talented students together with innovative companies is what Ohio's Third Frontier internship program tries to do, while positioning the state for long-term growth in the knowledge-based economy.
GE Aviation expects demand for its family of engines that power regional jets to more than double over the next 10 years.
With a lead role in a $28 million aerospace research program, the University of Cincinnati will spearhead research on power and propulsion under a grant awarded by the Ohio Research Scholars program.
More than 500 aviation mechanics and propulsion engineers from almost 20 Chinese airlines will be trained on engines made by GE and its joint venture CFM International. The training takes place GE's Customer Technical Education Center in Cincinnati, and in Guanghan, China.
The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team, which includes Evendale's GE Aviation facility, has successfully completed a high-altitude afterburner testing program - a major milestone for the new F136 combat engine.
Ohio's high-tech industry gained a net 2,800 jobs in 2006, the most current state data available, says AeA, a technology trade association. The new numbers are found in its 11th annual "Cyberstates" report.
GE Aviation's next-generation jet engine recently reached a testing milestone at GE's testing facility outside Cincinnati in rural Adams County, achieving 70,950 pounds of takeoff thrust during ground tests.
Several companies based in Greater Cincinnati or with major operations here cracked the Top 10 of Fortune's Most Admired Companies list and of its Best Innovators list..
CFM International, which makes jet engines for Boeing and many other aircraft makers, experienced a record year in 2007, chalking up about $18 billion worth of orders.
Delta Air Lines, which was in bankruptcy less than a year ago, is now sharing profits with its employees.
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