Liebherr Named as Surprise Partner with Rolls on Geared UltraFan

Tony Osborne Guy Norris June 17, 2015
Rolls-Royce has revealed Liebherr-Aerospace as the surprise partner with which it plans to develop a power gearbox for its future family of UltraFan engines. The 50:50 joint venture, announced by the two companies on June 10. will be established in Friedrichshafen, Germany, where Liebherr will make...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

Guy Norris

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.

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