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GE looks to cut weight with new turbine composite module

9th March 2018 - 16:45 GMT | by Ashley Roque in Washington DC

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General Electric is wrapping up tests on a new, lighter weight composite module that is expected to enclose the USS Arleigh Burke DDG 51 destroyer's gas turbine before being rolled out to other vessels. 

The composite module — a design started four years ago in association with the US Navy and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works — is a one piece, five-sided, box to enclose gas turbines. By switching from a steel configuration to a lighter weight carbon panel, the company says it will reduce 2,500 kg from the weight.

'By utilising this composite, sailors and machinery will be better protected from

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Ashley Roque joined Shephard Media in January 2018 as its North American Editor, based in …

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