Rolls-Royce Unveils Engine for Future Boeing, Airbus Planes
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Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, the world’s No. 2 commercial jet-engine maker, will pursue geared turbofan technology championed by rival Pratt & Whitney as it seeks to power future Boeing Co. and Airbus Group NV aircraft.
The so-called UltraFan would be available from 2025 and offer about 10 percent greater efficiency than the TrentXWB, the engine maker’s most modern turbine, said Simon Carlisle, executive vice president for future programs at Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace division. The UltraFan would build on the so-called Advanced engine, a technology upgrade due from 2020.