Rolls-Royce is working “very closely” on the engine requirements for a 787-10X development being considered by Boeing, according to Trent 1000 program director Simon Carlisle. “The goal is to be ready with an engine for the whole [787] family,” so if Boeing looks at payload/range or economics “so will Rolls-Royce.”
The UK engine manufacturer is confident that the Trent 1000 engine, developed to power the much-delayed Boeing 787, will be a mature product when it enters service with Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) later this year. Carlisle said the Trent 1000 is “the only engine certificated to 74,000 pounds thrust, [approved for] 330 minutes extended-range twin-engine operations, [to have performed] over 1,000 flights [and flown] over 2,800 hours.” The 787 flight test program has “gone very well for us,” according to R-R, which has almost 50 engines completed or in manufacture.
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