DALLAS — Today, General Electric is best known for its jet engines, but that wasn’t always the case. The company began far from aviation, rooted instead in electricity, power generation, and everyday industrial needs.
General Electric was founded in 1892, during the early days of electrification in the United States. Closely linked to Thomas Edison, the company initially focused on electrical equipment, power systems, and heavy industrial machinery, long before aviation became part of its business.
GE Aerospace as a standalone public company was officially created on April 2, 2024, following the spin-off from the original General Electric (GE), though its roots as GE’s aviation division go back to the 1940s and a formal “GE Aerospace” name was used for a division in the…
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