ANALYSIS: At Rolls-Royce, composites finally giving titanium a run for its money

​Rolls-Royce may be a late starter when it comes to introducing composite fan blades into its large turbofans, but the UK manufacturer claims to have had good reason to stick with its hollow titanium blade designs until now.

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