Engines
Rolls-Royce Invests in Future Tech
UK engine manufacturer is moving ahead to ready next-gen large engine while also ensure it can “go electric” or more electric where required.
The Rolls-Royce Ultrafan program introduces a power gearbox between the turbine fan and intermediate pressure compressor to ensure all components operate at their optimum speed.
The Rolls-Royce Ultrafan program introduces a power gearbox between the turbine fan and intermediate pressure compressor to ensure all components operate at their optimum speed.

While Rolls-Royce (Chalet 93) has a very strong position in the large commercial aircraft powerplant market with its Trent family of high-bypass turbofans, the company is not resting on its laurels. According to director of marketing Richard Goodhead, the company is on 35 aircraft types but predicts what “may be a paradigm shift” with electrification of aircraft—similar in gravity to the post-WWII shift from pistons to jets. Meanwhile, he pointed to “the D-word”—digitization—as the key “enabling technology.”


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