Type testing of the second durability enhancement package is underway on a Trent 7000 similar to this development engine, pictured in Derby, England.
Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation-Images
Rolls-Royce’s long-running campaign to improve the time on wing of two key engines—the Trent 7000 on the Airbus A330neo and its sister Trent 1000 TEN on the Boeing 787—is entering its final phase with the start of tests on a second set of durability enhancements. Designed to boost time on wing by a...
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