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We develop and deliver complex power and propulsion solutions for safety-critical applications in the air, at sea and on land.

Our products and service packages enable our customers to connect people, societies, cultures and economies together.

We develop and deliver complex power and propulsion solutions.

For more than 100 years we have been at the forefront of innovation. Helping to power, protect and connect the modern world.

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We have a fundamental role in meeting the environmental and societal opportunities and challenges that the world faces.

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Future-proofing our post Covid-19 world

In a post Covid-19 world, we will seek to connect again but do so sustainably. Key to that will be gas turbines with new levels of efficiency and new propulsion technologies. World-class testing facilities like Testbed 80, Testbed 108 or our Power Gearbox Test Centre support our journey to net zero.

See how our £90m state-of-the-art
testbed came together

WATCH

7,000m²

Testbed 80 internal area is larger than a Premiership football pitch

2.5MW

Testbed 108 houses the most powerful hybrid-electric system in aerospace

70,000HP

The Power Gearbox is the world's most powerful aerospace gearbox

Smart thinking

Derby, UK

Testbed 80 is the world’s largest and smartest indoor aero engine testbed. We can collect data from more than 10,000 different parameters on an engine, using an intricate web of sensors that detect even the tiniest vibrations at a rate of up to 200,000 samples per second. And that data helps us understand our engines and improve them.

Born to run

On a variety of engines and fuels

Versatility is a hallmark of Testbed 80. It is ready to handle engines up to 155klbf thrust – that’s enough power to launch a Boeing 747 with one (huge) engine. It can run engines on sustainable aviation fuel and is equipped with a 140,000 litre fuel tank, enough fuel to fill up your car 3000 times.