Category Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce is ready for a supersonic business jet
Rolls-Royce is ready for business when a supersonic jet producer knocks on their door. Internally, the company has done a lot of work to see define the market size. Rolls-Royce believes itself to be in the best position to be…
Emirates, the A380 and Rolls-Royce
December 2 is literally around the corner and Emirates is supposed to take delivery of its first Rolls-Royce powered A380. But it looks like this might not occur on the date. News out November 18th suggests that Rolls-Royce has not…
The 787 Engine Competition
Looking at the numbers through October 2016, we have the following table. The -8 accounts for 66% of the 480 delivered 787s. Last week the 500th 787 was seen in Seattle, being made ready for Air France. GE has a…
An example of the disruption Additive Manufacturing drives
GE has been at the forefront of additive manufacturing for a while. Though not alone in seeing the benfits from this technology, GE is touting an interesting example of what this means. They explain that their new ATP has 855…
Rolls-Royce’s geared fan coming along
On Monday Rolls-Royce announced that it had “run the world’s most powerful aerospace gearbox for the first time, marking a significant step in the development of its new UltraFan™ engine design.” At the company facility in Dahlewitz, Germany, a series…