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Rolls-Royce bids for Embraer turboprop

Rolls-Royce has confirmed that it has submitted a proposal to Embraer to power the new 70-90 seater turboprop that the Brazilian plans to launch later this year or in early 2023. During an Investor Day presentation, President of Civil Aerospace, Chris…

Richard Schuurman
May 14, 2022
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Higher wear on XWB-84 different from Trent 1000 issues

It’s not a repeat of the Trent 1000 issues, Rolls-Royce stresses, but now its XWB-84 too needs extra inspections and parts replacement because of high wear of Intermediate Pressure Compressor (IPC) blades. Europe’s EASA is about to release an Airworthiness…

Richard Schuurman
August 11, 2020