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Rolls-Royce engines power 40 of the world's top 50
airlines and more than 600 airlines depend on our engines
and support services to give them the reliability that
they and their customers expect.
The fleet of more than 11,500 modern jet engines is
the world's youngest, with an average age in airline
service of less than nine years.
Rolls-Royce is the world number two in commercial jet
engines overall and holds the number one position in
both the high-thrust new generation widebody and business
jet sectors.
The Trent family
The Trent family is designed to power the new generation
of wide-bodied jets including the new high capacity
aircraft the Airbus A380, entering service in 2007,
the Boeing 787 (entry into service in 2008) and the
Airbus A350 XWB.
The Trent family provides commonality across all its
members through use of the successful three-shaft architecture.
This permits low-risk scaling from existing designs
providing lower development costs, proven technology
and in-service reliability leading to optimised engines
for specific aircraft applications.
Rolls-Royce has continuously improved the Trent family
technology since deriving the three shaft engine from
the reliable RB211 family. Since the introduction of
the diffusion bonded/superplastically formed (DB/SPF)
wide-chord fan on the Trent 700, Rolls-Royce has made
innovative technology advances on all the Trent family
engines. 3-D aerodynamics and tiled combustors were
brought in to improve durability and lower maintenance
on the Trent 500. The Trent 900 saw the launch of the
contra-rotating engine and the swept fan both designed
to reduce fuel consumption, and lower weight.
Further developments will be introduced on the Trent
1000 engine on the Boeing 787, including the use of
Intelligent Engine Health Monitoring systems utilising
predictive maintenance technology helping to reduce
maintenance disruption and increase time on wing. The
Trent 1000 will also feature the new IP off-take designed
to reduce fuel burn, brake wear and noise.
Through the use of these innovative technologies each
Trent engine is tailored for the aircraft's current
and future requirements, ensuring high performance engines
with class-leading economics that are also engineered
to minimise environmental impact.
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