Tests of the rebuilt first UltraFan demonstrator are planned to resume this year.
Credit: Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce’s renewed push to commercialize the geared UltraFan concept for next-generation single-aisles and widebodies is accelerating—it plans to resume tests of a full-scale large engine this year and, in parallel, freeze the design of a smaller demonstrator. Reenergized by a late 2023 call from...
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