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 ... from an unprecedented Engine
Alliance teaming deal between General
Electric and Pratt & Whitney.
Family milestone
For its first flight in January 2005, the A380
will be powered by Rolls-Royce's Trent 900.
The A380 marks the fourth milestone in the
UK engine manufacturer's successful Trent
family development strategy as well as its
third Airbus application after the Trent 700
on the A330...
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4 x 271-276kN Engine Alliance GP 7200 turbofan or 4 x 271-276kN Rolls-Royce Trent 900 turbofan
79.8
24.1
A3XX-50R
481 508.000 317,000
- 349.000
7.14 326.000
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4 x 302-311kN Engine Alliance GP 7200 turbofan or 4 x 302-311kN Rolls-Royce Trent 900 turbofan ...
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 ...EADLINES
Kawasaki, R-R reconsider
plans for Trent 900 engine
ANDREW DOYLE/LONDON
RttVASAKI Heavy Industries 'KHI) is considering relin
quishing its 6% risk-sharing stake
in Rolls-Royce's Trent 900 pro
gramme, as both companies study
wheth...
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 ...IR TRANSPORT
ENGINES GUY NORRIS / LOS ANGELES
Rolls-Royce gets ready for
Trent 900 endurance trials
A380 powerplant set for parallel test programmes after earning EASA certification
Rolls-Royce is gearing up to begin
parallel engine and propulsion sys
tem cycle-enduran...
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 ...m TRANSPORT
Engine Alliance closes in on
R-R in fight to power A380
PAUL LEWIS/WASHINGTON DC
THE GENERAL Electric/ Pratt & Whitney Engine
Alliance is set to close the
Rolls-Royce Trent 900's market
lead on the Airbus A3 80. The
joint venture has received its first
orders for the rival GP7000
powerplant from Air France and
FedEx Express with the prospect
of additional fol...
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 ...ww.rolls-royce.com
TheTrent 900 leads the way on the Airbus A380 and continues
to deliver on time, on target. Fully tested and certificated,
the engine has again demonstrated the proven ability of
the Rolls-Royce Trent ...
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 ... empty weight is based on a three-class cabin.Range with typical three-class long range payload (380 passengers) is 13,900km.
A3XX-50R 4 x 67,0001b Engine Alliance GP7267 or 4 x 67,0001b Rolls-Royce Trent 900 turbofan
79.8 - 481 540,000 336,000 - - - 0.85
67.9 - - 357,000 - - -
24.1 - 6.55 334,000 • -
261,000
Cabin width is for main deck, upper deck width is 5.84m.Range with typical three-cla...
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 ...IR TRANSPORT
R-R offers Trent 900 on 747-X
MAX KINGSLEY-JONES/LONDON
ROLLS-ROYCE has signed an agreement with Boeing which
will see it offer the Trent 900 to
powerthe proposed 747-500/600X
in direct competition with the...
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 ... 2005. The Engine
Alliance, including the latest
Emirates deal, is expected to hold
firm orders for 268 engines, plus
spares and options, against an esti
mated 196 engines, plus spares, for
the Trent 900. Engine competitions
are under way for five A3 80s
ordered by Korean Air, as well as for
expected orders due to be firmed
up by Malaysia Airlines and Qatar.
Air France, Emirates, FedEx ...
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 ...ft -
A340-500S, 747-400s and
Boeing 777s - with A380s due
for delivery from early 2006.
SilkAir operates 10 A320-family
narrowbody aircraft.
POWERPLANTS GUY NORRIS / LOS ANGELES
R-R ships first Trent 900
for A340 testbed flights
Work also begins on "Build3" production standard engine for first A380 shipset
Rolls-Royce has shipped the first
Trent 900 to Toulouse for installa
tion on the ...
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 ...USINESS
ENGINES
Marubeni takes stake in Rolls-
Royce Trent 900 programme
Japanese trading house Marubeni is taking a 14.5% risk and revenue
stake in the Rolls-Royce (R-R) Trent 900 programme for an undis
closed sum.
The engine is being developed to ...
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 ...UROPE TO HOLD UAV TALKS WITH USA • DOUBT RAISED ON TRENT 900
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ROLLS-ROYCE
Rolls-Royce, 65 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AT, UK. Tel: +44 1171) 222 9020; Fax: +44 11711 233 1733; Telex: 918091
ROLLS-ROYCE launched the Trent 900, its latest large turbofan, at September's
Farnborough air show. The 3 56kN-thrust
engine, a derivative of die Trent 800, which pow
ers the Boeing 777, is being developed to power
the pr...
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 ... (HP) and intermediate
pressure (IP) turbine seal segments
TESTING
First 900 trials finish
Rolls-Royce has completed the first rig tests of an advanced, low-weight fan-
containment system for the Trent 900, destined for the Airbus A380.
Tests, although conducted on a 2.47m (8.1ft) Trent 500-sized fan assem
bly and containment unit, effectively served as a good proof-of-concept test
of the s...
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 ... 7E7 from All Nippon
Airways (ANA) of Japan with its Trent 1000. In addi
tion, it completed one of its most active and
successful periods in recent years by achieving on-
time certification of the Trent 900 for the Airbus A380,
just under 20 months after the first run of the engine.
The ANA selection followed the decision by
Boeing in April to award places on the 7E7 to R-R
and General Elec...
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 ..., as
was shown recently in Singapore Airlines'
requirement that its newly ordered A380s
should meet the London Heathrow airport
QC4 noise limits due to be introduced in
2006. This meant that the Trent 900 fan
diameter had to be increased, to provide a
higher bypass ratio - leaving it 101mm
wider than the optimum. "It's the first
time environment has been a factor in
engine design," says ...
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 ...ugh
its reluctance to provide funding.
The British National Space Centre
(BNSC) has agreed to commit up
to €70 million, but the UK Govern
ment is balking at matching it.
ENGINES
R-R adds four
Trent 900
partners
Rolls-Royce has brought in four
new risk-sharing partners to join
the development programme for
the Trent 900 engine destined
for the Airbus A380. FiatAvio of
Italy and US co...
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 ...egory.
Boeing hopes to snatch the Indian Airlines deal from Airbus
PROPULSION
A380 powerplants set for full runs
The General Electric/Pratt & Whit
ney Engine Alliance GP7200 and
the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 have both
completed initial rig tests as the
Airbus A380 powerplants progress
towards their first full test runs.
MTU Aero Engines has com
pleted the first phase of testing on
its low-...
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 ...t Lufthansa, the threat of
actual pilot action faces Alitalia,
Iberia and LOT Polish Airlines.
In the USA, Delta Airlines is
nearing the end of a damaging
ENGINE DEVELOPMENT
IHI says no to
R-R Trent 900
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy
Industries (IHI) says it plans to
reject a Rolls-Royce (R-R) offer of
a 5-10% risk-sharing stake in the
Trent 900 programme despite hav
ing earlier taken 5% o...
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 ...
od", says Bombardier.
In all, some 432 Dash 8s have
been delivered and outstanding
firm orders number 81. Further
options take the total Dash 8 pro
gramme to 62 0 aircraft. •
NEWS IN BRIEF
• TRENT 900 LAUNCH
Rolls-Royce has formally laun
ched its Trent 900 project, to
produce a 356kN (80,0001b)-
class turbofan which could
power future versions of the
Boeing 747, and Airbus
Industrie...
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