Rolls-Royce celebrates a successful tenth flight of the Pearl 10X engine onboard the Boeing 747 testbed aircraft. Continuous testing and development process includes high altitude testing reaching ...

The 14-hour, mid-October Qantas flight from Sydney to Los Angeles probably went as most do: peanuts, in-flight viewings of the latest Spider-Man, a restless toddler, some overtippling business ...

Witness the incredible manufacturing process behind the powerful Rolls Royce engines that power the iconic Boeing 747 jumbo jet. This video takes you inside the cutting-edge factories where these ...

As part of the test campaign, the engines are fitted to a Boeing 747-200, which serves as Rolls-Royce’s flying test bed (FTB). The Tucson, Arizona-based FTB is capable of having a variety of eng ...

The engine was fitted to the Rolls-Royce Boeing 747 Flying Test Bed for flights up to 40,000 feet and engine relights under various conditions. The ALECSys (Advanced Low Emissions Combustion ...

Rolls-Royce's new MTU model has an increased power output of 2,222 mhp compared with the 2,002 mhp of the previous version.

Like the other engines in the Trent family, the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 is a high-bypass turbofan. Originally intended for use on a possible Boeing 747 variant, but repurposed after the project was ...

At this point, Rolls-Royce Ltd. has a few key engines under its belt that power ... powering the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and some Boeing 747 Transport units as well. Naturally, the RB211 later ...

Rolls-Royce is targeting November for the first flight of the new Pearl 10X engine that will eventually power Dassault Aviation’s flagship Falcon 10X. With the maiden sortie to take place aboard ...

LAS VEGAS—The first Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X flight-test engine is being installed on the company’s Boeing 747-200 flying testbed at Waco, Texas, as part of preparations for an airborne ...

The engine was not flown on the Dassault aircraft it was born to power (the plane itself won't be ready to take to the sky before 2025), but on a Boeing 747 Rolls-Royce is using as a testbed.

Rolls-Royce produces engines for civil and defense ... revenues for its engine providers (all 3 major manufacturers have 747 engines in service) for years to come. Historically, original equipment ...