Rolls-Royce

Boeing made its first certification flight test of the upgraded Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine on the 787 on Aug. 16; the flight lasted 1 hr. 21 min.

Long waits for parts and extended turnaround times for engine maintenance are adding to already buoyant spare engine demand.

The tests are believed to form part of the Royal Air Force’s reusable Hypersonic Air Vehicle Experimental (HVX) program.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

An engine choice for a 737 successor may be years away, but Boeing is showing signs of preferring ducted engines to the outwardly more efficient open fan.

Rolls-Royce says it remains on schedule to conduct the critical design review (CDR) of the F130 production configuration for the USAF B-52J reengining program.

Rolls-Royce has begun flight tests of a major upgrade to the Trent 1000 engine powering some Boeing 787s.

With CCA projects emerging across the world, engine manufacturers are mobilizing to secure a piece of the burgeoning market.

With industry leaders working to certify their aircraft, it was up to alternative propulsion developers to take limelight at the Farnborough Airshow.

Rolls-Royce’s rapid development of its Orpheus demonstrator engine is beginning to pay dividends and even influencing how the UK OEM thinks about its large commercial engine developments.

Dassault Aviation said it delivered six Rafale fighters to France in the first half of the year.

Airbus, Boeing, Dassault, GE Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, RTX and Safran jointly called for further research into the non-CO2 impacts of aviation.

A GKN Aerospace-led project to develop and test a 2-megawatt cryogenic hybrid-electric propulsion system is one of five to be backed by UK government funding.

Rolls-Royce has delivered the first Pearl 10X engines to Dassault as the French aircraft-maker readies its Falcon 10X for first flight.

Rolls-Royce is preparing for growing demand from the freighter market thanks to the Airbus A350F and A330P2F programs.

Rolls-Royce says its work on the engine for the Boeing MQ-25 uncrewed tanker is an entry point to potentially powering thousands of autonomous combat aircraft.

Customer complaints and a desire to boost performance are driving a series of enhancements into the widebody engine family.

This week’s Flight Friday looks at how the Rolls-Royce-powered Boeing 787s are faring in terms of utilization.

The U.S. Navy this week disclosed that a T-45C Goshawk experienced another engine malfunction, prompting an emergency landing on July 10.

Production delays of new aircraft is creating a healthy mid-life aftermarket.

Will engine-makers be enticed to try to meet requirements for the two new notional civil and military aircraft that need an engine that does not yet exist?

This week, the Carbon Analysis focuses on engine manufacturers, namely CFM International, International Aero Engines, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce.

Airframe production rate changes, stretched supply chains and durability remain major challenges in spite of rising utilization rates.

The GEnx-1B has extended its lead over the Trent 1000 among Boeing 787 customers in recent years despite Rolls-Royce's best efforts to improve its engine.

Liquid hydrogen (LH2) may be the promised panacea for aviation’s journey to net-zero, but getting there is going to be tough—particularly for the engine-makers.