Engines
Rolls-Royce Says Progress Good With New Trent for A350-1000
Feeding back technology into the Trent XWB-84 model will also create an improved “EP variant of that for future A350-900s.
Rolls-Royce has been flight-testing the 97,000-lb-thrust Trent XWB-97 on this Airbus A380 testbed. Pictured is the engine’s first test flight in November 2015.
Rolls-Royce has been flight-testing the 97,000-lb-thrust Trent XWB-97 on this Airbus A380 testbed. Pictured is the engine’s first test flight in November 2015.

British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce (R-R) is “really happy” with good Trent XWB-97 performance results that have generated a “high confidence of achieving targets.”  By mid-June, test engines had completed more than 1,350 hours and 1,950 cycles, built “upon the solid foundation of Trent XWB-84,” said head of marketing Tim Boddy.


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