SR Technics and Rolls-Royce are to form a new company called Temro to maintain, repair and overhaul Rolls-Royce Trent engines. Each firm will have a 50% stake in Temro, which should start operations in 2001, offering its services mainly to Europe and Africa.
Source: Airline Business
Rolls-Royce is to close its electrical business having failed to find a buyer for the fledgling unit.
Germany’s DLR aerospace research centre has for the first time measured the emissions from a turboprop aircraft with both engines running on 100% synthetic fuel while on the ground.
The US Department of Defense is affirming its commitment to delivering an engine upgrade for the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter, with a recent $1.3 billion contract to propulsion supplier Pratt & Whitney to fund continued development of the initiative.
