In order to reduce pollutants from gas turbine combustors and improve their combustion efficiency there is a need for developing new combustor designs. This paper focuses on the development and characterization of a novel combustor which is capable of reducing emissions from a gas turbine engine, improve combustion efficiency and also operate at fuel lean conditions. The design is based on Lean direct injection (LDI) technology in which the combustion takes place at low overall fuel to air ratios which reduces flame temperature and thereby minimizes emissions. Two new combustor configurations were fabricated and tested. Novel swirl arrangement involved three swirlers brought very close to each other, with fuel being injected in their centers (2A) and in between them (2B). These configurations were tested to find out pressure drop, blowout limit, emissions and pattern factor. Results showed that these configurations have very low pressure drop, capable of operating very lean and produce low emissions. The pattern factors measured were also low. This makes the two designs potential for application in gas turbine combustor.