Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce boosts MRO profitability with increased shop visits, upgraded Trent 1000 engines and operational improvements across its network.

Rolls-Royce's Orpheus demonstrator engine is now evolving into a family of propulsion systems with a particular focus on autonomous collaborative combat aircraft.

Rolls-Royce plans to test-fly an improved version of the Trent XWB-97 engine in 2027 ahead of certification anticipated for later in the year.

Rolls-Royce is developing a scalable engine concept for Germany’s collaborative combat aircraft while expanding autonomous propulsion.

UK funds $678M for Airbus and Rolls-Royce R&D, supporting next-generation aircraft tech like UltraFan30 turbofan and high-span wing flight tests by 2029.

A second UK-designed collaborative combat aircraft design has emerged to compete for the Royal Air Force’s emerging Storm Fighter program.

The aviation industry is still in “the foothills” of what can be done with artificial intelligence (AI), industry chief technology officers (CTI) believe.

As the Farnborough Airshow approaches, editors discuss how engine-makers are making headway with nagging durability problems while positioning for the all-important next-gen single aisle competition—and explain how the two play into each other.

Engine-makers earned their dominance through capital risk and the long game—will that hold through 2026?

Boeing and Rolls-Royce plan to flight test a Trent 1000-powered 787-9 with a shorter next-generation engine inlet as part of the aircraft maker’s ecoDemonstrator technology demonstration program.

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As Rolls-Royce’s Trent 1000XE and XWB-84EP durability packages arrive on widebodies, it polishes the UltraFan 30 concept design for future single-aisles.

Rolls-Royce has completed the concept design review for the UltraFan 30, a geared turbofan derivative of its UltraFan 80 demonstrator aimed at next-generation single-aisle aircraft.

When the next-gen narrowbody programs launch is largely out of the hands of Airbus and Boeing.

Rolls-Royce achieves 100% time-on-wing improvement for Trent engines through XWB-84EP and 1000XE upgrade programs.

Bombardier integrates Rolls-Royce Pearl 15 monitoring with Smart Link Plus for Global 5500/6500 fleets tracking 10,000 engine parameters.

In conjunction with Aviation Week’s upcoming Engine Leasing, Trading and Finance Europe event, Flight Friday looks at engine flight hours utilization on the Boeing 787 fleet.

As Rolls-Royce wraps up hydrogen-fueled engine tests, attention focuses on dual-fuel, combustion and cryogenic capabilities.

Rolls-Royce says it remains on track to maintain its full-year profit guidance of around $5.5 billion or more.

Rolls-Royce says endurance and altitude testing of the engines for the U.S. Army MV-75 Cheyenne II are due later this year.

Rolls-Royce has been selected by South American-based LATAM Airlines to power three Boeing 787s with the engine maker’s upgraded Trent 1000 XE powerplant.

Engine OEM Rolls-Royce has appointed former United Airlines and GE Aerospace executive Maria Deacon as its commercial aftermarket lead.

Scarcity—not demand—is now the defining challenge for the Asia-Pacific region’s engine aftermarket sector.

Rolls' ambitions to re-enter the single-aisle engine market have advanced further as the EU confirms funding for development of the UltraFan 30 demonstrator.

Turkish Aerospace Industries’ (TAI) T625 Gokbey twin-engine helicopter has secured domestic civil certification from the country’s aviation regulator.