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The Rolls-Royce BR700 is a family of turbofan engines for regional jets and corporate jets. It is manufactured in Dahlewitz , Germany , by Rolls-Royce Deutschland : this was initially a joint venture of BMW and Rolls-Royce plc established in 1990 to develop this engine.
Rolls-Royce AE 3007; Rolls-Royce BR700; Rolls-Royce/MAN Turbo RB.193; Rolls-Royce RB211; Rolls-Royce RB401; Rolls-Royce Trent; Rolls-Royce Trent 500; Rolls-Royce Trent 700; Rolls-Royce Trent 800; Rolls-Royce Trent 900; Rolls-Royce Trent 1000; Rolls-Royce Trent 7000; Rolls-Royce Trent XWB
The GE Passport is a high bypass ratio turbofan. The engine is a twin-spool, axial-flow turbofan with a high bypass ratio of 5.6:1 and an overall pressure ratio of 45:1. The front fan is attached to the three-stage low-pressure compressor; the 23:1 pressure ratio 10-stage high-pressure compressor includes five blisk stages for weight reduction.
When Airbus launched its A330 twin-jet in June 1987, its only engine options included the General Electric CF6-80C2 and the Pratt & Whitney PW4000. [4] Rolls-Royce was studying whether to launch a RB211-700, 65,000 lbf (290 kN) development of the RB211 for the A330, the long-range Boeing 767 and McDonnell Douglas MD-11, derived from the Boeing 747-400's -524D4D, with growth potential to 70,000 ...
EuroJet Turbo GmbH is a multi-national consortium, the partner companies of which are Rolls-Royce of the United Kingdom, Avio of Italy, ITP of Spain and MTU Aero Engines of Germany. Eurojet GmbH was formed in 1986 to manage the development, production, support, maintenance, support and sales of the EJ200 turbofan engine for the Eurofighter ...
The UK government granted Rolls-Royce £450 million of repayable launch investment, repaid with interest, to develop the RB.211 engine and the Trent family up to the Trent 900. [8] Rolls-Royce obtained £200 million for the Trent 8104, 500 and 600 variants in 1997, and £250 million for the Trent 600 and 900 variants in 2001.
Rolls-Royce remains active as a major supplier to IAE. During 2011, both Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney proposed establishing a new joint venture to develop engines for future generation mid-size aircraft (120-230 passengers); [ 16 ] however, during late 2013, it was announced that the two firms had decided to forego such a collaboration in ...
The Rolls-Royce AE 3007 (US military: F137) is a turbofan engine produced by Rolls-Royce North America, sharing a common core with the Rolls-Royce T406 (AE 1107) and AE 2100. The engine was originally developed by the Allison Engine Company , hence the "AE" in the model number.