Engines
Rolls Unveils Trent 1000 ‘TEN’ for 787
Rolls-Royce announced the Trent 1000-TEN (for Thrust Efficiency New technology), a more fuel-efficient Trent 1000 variant that leverages some technologies being developed for the company’s XWB engine program. (Photo: Mark Wagner)
Rolls-Royce announced the Trent 1000-TEN (for Thrust Efficiency New technology), a more fuel-efficient Trent 1000 variant that leverages some technologies being developed for the company’s XWB engine program. (Photo: Mark Wagner)

Rolls-Royce unveiled a new, more efficient 787 engine variant yesterday at its main Farnborough press briefing. The Trent 1000-TEN (Thrust Efficiency New technology) leverages new technologies from the in-development XWB engine for the Airbus A350XWB. The more efficient Trent 1000-TEN will be rated for up to 78,000 pounds of thrust, enabling it to be used as a common powerplant for all Boeing 787 variants, namely the -8, -9 and, if it launched by the U.S. aircraft manufacturer, the -10X. Entry into service for the TEN engine is slated for the first half of 2016.