Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan technology demonstrator program has reached a new milestone with the shipment of the power gearbox (PGB) from the company’s site in Dahlewitz, Germany. The gearbox, which set a world aerospace power record during testing, is headed for the U.K. where Rolls-Royce is assembling the first UltraFan engine demonstrator. According to the company, the […]

Tecnam Aircraft announced on Tuesday that it has successfully flown its P2010 H3PS hybrid demonstrator aircraft. According to the company, the flight, which took place on Dec. 21, 2021, is the first for a general aviation aircraft with a parallel hybrid configuration. A collaboration between Tecnam, Rotax and Rolls-Royce, the P2010 H3PS is powered by […]

Rolls-Royce’s “Spirit of Innovation” has officially become the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft with the recent confirmation of two speed records. Now verified by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the aircraft was recorded at 555.9 km/h (345.4 MPH) over 3 kilometers (1.86 miles), 213.04 km/h (132 MPH) faster than the previous record-holder. It also completed a […]

Rolls-Royce announced on Tuesday that its hybrid-electric propulsion system demonstrator has delivered more than a megawatt of power for the first time. According to the company, it is aiming to reach up to 2.5 megawatts with the Power Generation System 1 (PGS1) demonstrator as testing continues. PGS1 testing is taking place at the Rolls-Royce Testbed […]

An emissions study looking at the effects of powering both engines of an Airbus A350 with 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has yielded “promising” early results, according to an announcement from Airbus on Monday. Conducted by a team including Airbus, Rolls-Royce, German research center DLR and SAF producer Neste, the ECLIF3 project has so […]

Rolls-Royce announced on Monday that it has reached a key milestone in its Trent XWB–84 program with the delivery of its 1000th Trent XWB–84 turbofan engine. The Trent XWB–84 entered service in 2015 and has logged over eight million engine flying hours to date. According to the company, assembly of 1,000 Trent XWB-84s has “required […]

Rolls-Royce has successfully completed a test flight of its Trent 1000 engine using 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The flight, which used the company’s 747 flying test bed aircraft, lasted three hours and 54 minutes. According to Rolls-Royce, initial results from the test “confirm there were no engineering issues.” “We believe in air travel […]

Rolls-Royce announced the delivery of the 100th Pearl 15 engine to Bombardier in Montreal, Canada, this week. The engine type, which was custom-designed for Bombardier’s Global 5500 and Global 6500 business jets, was developed and manufactured at Rolls-Royce’s facility in Dahlewitz, Germany. As previously reported by AVweb, the Pearl 15 and the Pearl engine family […]

The generator for the Rolls-Royce 2.5-megawatt Power Generation System 1 (PGS1) demonstrator program has arrived at the company’s newly renovated Testbed 108 in Bristol, U.K. The company says uses for the generator could include hybrid-electric propulsion systems for future regional aircraft along with “more-electric” systems for larger aircraft. It is also considering possible ground or […]

Rolls-Royce officially opened the doors to its new 7,500-square-meter (80,729-square-foot) testbed facility in Derby, U.K., last week. Called Testbed 80, the testbed can collect data for more than 10,000 different engine parameters and detect vibrations at a rate of up to 200,000 samples per second. Along with being able to handle Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan demonstrator, which […]