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Rolls-Royce Reports Progress with Pearl 10X Engine

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Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine — Rolls-Royce is making the Pearl 10X engine for Dassault's Falcon 10X business jet.

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

July 22, 2024

Rolls-Royce has been busy flight testing the Pearl 10X turbofan being developed for the Dassault Falcon 10X business jet on the UK aircraft engine manufacturer’s Boeing 747 testbed. In a media briefing ahead of the 2024 Farnborough International Airshow this week, Rolls-Royce business aviation director Dirk Geisinger said the 18,000-pound-thrust engine is already “smashing” projected performance targets, having surpassed targeted thrust levels since the first test run.

The Pearl 10X features the Advance2 engine core combined with a high-performance low-pressure system that the company said will deliver its highest-thrust turbofan to date for business aircraft applications. It also has a 5% improvement in specific fuel consumption compared with earlier-generation engines. So far, the Advance2 demonstrator core and the Pearl 10X engine combined have logged more than 2,500 flight hours and 7,700 cycles o

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