GLOUCESTERSHIRE, England – July 19, 2024 – GE Aerospace (GE: NYSE) today signed the UK Ministry of Defence's (MOD) Defence Aviation Net Zero Charter. Scott Keating, Regional GM, Sales & Business Development, Europe for Defense & Systems with GE Aerospace joined Air Vice Marshal Shaun Harris CBE, Director Support and Chief Engineer Royal Air Force, to sign the charter at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT).
Through this Charter, GE Aerospace and partners will work together to capitalize on opportunities that improve operational effectiveness and support the MOD efforts in the Defence Aviation Net Zero Strategy.
“This marks a significant step forward in our efforts to collaborate and share best practices with our partners to ensure that defence aviation positively contributes to the UK Government's Net Zero ambitions and the Royal Air Force's aspirational goal to achieve Net Zero by 2040,” said Keating.
Shaun Harris added, “Defence Aviation must be able to retain its ability to operate globally, to defend the UK and its allies in a changing climatic environment, whilst also significantly reducing our own carbon emissions. Strong collaboration with industry is essential in that work, so the Royal Air Force is delighted that GE Aerospace has become the latest signatory to the UK Defence Aviation Net Zero Charter.”
“We are honoured to join the UK MOD's Defence Aviation Net Zero Charter. This partnership underscores our support of the UK's Net Zero ambitions”, said Amy Gowder, President and CEO, Defense & Systems with GE Aerospace. “By collaborating with our partners and sharing best practices, we aim to advance technology innovations that reduce emissions while enhancing the effectiveness of defence aviation operations.”
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GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) is a global aerospace propulsion, services, and systems leader with an installed base of approximately 44,000 commercial and 26,000 military aircraft engines. With a global team of 52,000 employees building on more than a century of innovation and learning, GE Aerospace is committed to inventing the future of flight, lifting people up, and bringing them home safely. Learn more about how GE Aerospace and its partners are defining flight for today, tomorrow and the future at www.geaerospace.com.
In the UK, GE Aerospace’s footprint spans maintenance, repair, and overhaul of aircraft engines (MRO) at sites in Scotland and South Wales, to propeller, electrical power & avionics systems businesses across Gloucester and Cheltenham. Pioneering technologies and capabilities are ubiquitous across the UK’s key defence platforms, including programmes such as the Mk2 AH-64-E Apache, C-130J, Eurofighter Typhoon and F-35 programmes, Boeing P-8 Poseidon, and E-7 Wedgetail.
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