Sea-Air-Space 2018: Testing for GE's turbine composite module gets passing grade
General Electric has wrapped up acoustic and weight comparison testing on its new, lighter weight composite module slated enclose the USS Arleigh Burke DDG 51 destroyer's gas turbine.
Speaking with Shephard 10 April at Sea-Air-Space 2018, GE's director of military marine marketing George Awiszus said that when compared to the traditional steel enclosure, the composite module is 60% quieter.
Additionally, the new GE module is between 25 to 50 degrees coolers than its steel counterpart.
'The tests compared the noise and weight of the steel enclosure to the novel one piece composite design,' GE’s Brien Bolsinger, the vice
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