R-R Begins Ground Tests On Trent 1000 Upgrade

Rolls-Royce has started ground tests of its so-called Trent 1000 Package C program designed to power the Boeing 787-9 and cure fuel-burn shortfalls affecting earlier versions of the turbofan. R-R quietly began the ground tests in April on one of its test stands at Derby, with the engine now due for...

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