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2026
20 July

ReleaseATI launches composites framework for growth to secure the UK's competitive advantage

16 July

ReleaseRolls-Royce partners with Boeing and Lufthansa to test technologies to improve fuel efficiency and reduce noise

30 April Two test aircraft are planned to support certification of the A350F freighter ahead of entry into service by the end of the decade.

A350F is closer to flight after first cargo door delivery

The industry’s largest cargo door has moved from Spain to Toulouse for installation on a test aircraft, signalling a shift from assembly into testing phase.

24 March

ReleaseSouth Yorkshire Mayor’s £2m grant unlocks £19m Rolls-Royce investment in Rotherham advanced manufacturing capability

17 March

ReleaseRolls-Royce secures €64m to advance UltraFan 30 demonstrator through UNIFIED partnership

2025
24 October

ReleaseStavatti submits SM-940K Tanker in response to USAF NGAS RFI

19 September

ReleaseRolls-Royce to lead EU’s new Clean Aviation project UNIFIED to transform and decarbonise aviation

11 April

ReleaseA350-900 with Trent XWB-84 Enhanced Performance engine receives EASA certification

23 January

ReleaseMitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines and Rolls-Royce celebrate 20 years of collaboration

2024
25 July

ReleaseRolls-Royce awards £85m multi-year contract to Glasgow’s Castle Precision Engineering

20 March

Rolls-Royce invests in large engine assembly, test and shop capacity

Rolls-Royce is investing £55m and recruiting more than 300 front-line staff, split between its operations in Derby, UK, and Dahlewitz, Germany. About two thirds of the jobs will be created in Derby.

2023
15 November

Rolls-Royce runs UltraFan technology demonstrator to maximum power

The company says that the UltraFan development will enable it to offer a portfolio of two-shaft, three-shaft, direct drive and geared propulsion solutions to power future aircraft.

26 October Sebastian Resch, Director of Operations, Rolls-Royce; James Partington, Chief Procurement Officer, Rolls-Royce; Robert Machtlinger, FACC CEO; Günter Nelböck, VP Engines & Nacelles, FACC; Bernhard Schöpf, Director Program, FACC; Lawrence Betty, Supplier Management Executive, Rolls-Royce; and Sarah Ricketts, Senior VP Procurement, Rolls-Royce.

Expansion to triple FACC's Croatian factory facility

In expanding the plant, FACC is drawing on a high degree of automation and state-of-the-art machinery for the production of lightweight components for commercial aircraft and business jets.

25 May The first tests were conducted using 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

Rolls-Royce UltraFan powers up in the tunnel

The demonstrator includes Advance3 core architecture, combined with ALECSys lean burn combustion system, carbon titanium fan blades and a composite casing. The power gearbox has run at 64MW, an aerospace record.

10 April

ReleaseUMW Aerospace secures second contract with Rolls-Royce to manufacture rear cases for Trent 1000 and Trent 7000 aircraft engines

2022
22 December The demonstrator engine has been transported from the build workshop and into Testbed 80 in Derby.

UltraFan takes shape ahead of first test run

The UltraFan demonstrator has a fan diameter of 140 inches and offers a 25% fuel efficiency improvement compared with the first generation of Trent engine.

24 November The Boeing 747 flying test bed.

Low-emission combustion system enters flight testing

Rolls-Royce says testing ALECSys low-emissions technology in flight will allow the verification of altitude operability performance and provides experience of operating a lean-burn system ahead of entry into service.

18 July

ReleaseRolls-Royce in final build phase for world's largest aero-engine technology demonstrator

29 April

ReleaseRolls-Royce and Schaeffler enter a 12-year partnership

10 March

ReleaseKey milestone reached for Rolls-Royce Ultrafan

24 February The UltraFan Intermediate Pressure Turbine is assembled at ITP Aero’s Ajalvir plant before it is delivered for assembly at Rolls-Royce, Derby.

ITP hands over UltraFan turbine to Rolls-Royce

The new generation engine will be 25 per cent more fuel efficient than the original Trent 700, and its UltraFan ITP features a new architecture and light-weight composite materials.

17 February

ReleaseEmbraer, Wideroe and Rolls-Royce announce partnership to research innovative technologies for sustainable regional aircraft

2021
25 November The 1,000th Trent XWB–84 will power an Airbus A350-900.

Rolls-Royce delivers 1,000th Trent XWB–84

The Trent XWB-84 entered into service in 2015. The 1000th engine was produced at Rolls-Royce's Derby assembly line and will power an Airbus A350-900.

3 June Testbed 80 is the global hub of Rolls-Royce aeroengine testing.

Larger and smarter, Rolls-Royce unveils £90m testbed

Larger than a football pitch, Testbed 80 was designed with distinctive technologies and systems which are more capable and complex. It has conducted its first run on a Trent XWB engine earlier this year.

7 May

ReleaseGKN Aerospace delivers first Intermediate Compressor Case for UltraFan engine

29 March

ReleaseRolls-Royce reaches new milestone as world's largest aero-engine build starts

5 February

ReleaseRolls-Royce and HAL expand partnership with supply chain MoUs and MRO for Adour and Trent engines

14 January

ReleaseRolls-Royce runs first engine on world's largest and smartest aerospace Testbed

2020
3 December

ReleaseRolls-Royce to create global aerospace leader as part of review of Civil Aerospace footprint

1 December

ReleaseParagraf, Rolls-Royce, TT Electronics and the Compound Semiconductor Applications Catapult drive electric transport revolution with first-ever supply chain for graphene Hall Effect sensors

7 October The maiden fan case for the Rolls-Royce Trent 7000.

Malaysia's UMW celebrates first fan case for Trent 7000

Three years after delivering the first fan case for the Trent 1000, UMW Aerospace is dispatching another milestone unit to the Rolls-Royce factory at the Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore.

13 August

ReleaseRolls-Royce takes next step in sustainability drive with new low-emissions testing

30 July

ReleaseBoom Supersonic and Rolls-Royce agree on new collaboration for supersonic Overture engine program design

2 July

ReleaseITP Aero designs and manufactures the first IPT casing for the future Rolls-Royce UltraFan

13 February

ReleaseA330-800 receives EASA Type Certification

11 February

ReleaseRolls-Royce starts manufacture of world's largest fan blades – made of composite material – for next-generation UltraFan demonstrator

11 February

ReleaseRolls-Royce celebrates 25 years of Trent – and plans for its future

13 January

ReleaseAirbus BelugaXL enters service, adding XL capacity to the fleet

9 January

ReleaseRolls-Royce opens new facility in Bristol, UK to develop components for cleaner, quieter, more-efficient jet engines

2019
14 November

ReleaseRolls-Royce Trent 700 certified to power new Airbus BelugaXL transporter

7 November

ReleaseHanwha Aerospace signs aircraft engine parts supply agreement with Rolls-Royce

12 September

ReleaseITP Aero designs and manufactures its first components with additive layer manufacturing

17 June

ReleaseITP Aero and CTA successfully complete the first aerodynamic tests of the Rolls-Royce UltraFan intermediate pressure turbine

4 April

ReleaseATI extends long-term purchase agreement with Rolls-Royce

1 March

ReleaseRolls-Royce UltraFan one step closer as Advanced Low Pressure System (ALPS) testing gets underway

28 January

ReleaseEASA certifies A330neo for "beyond 180 minutes" ETOPS

2018
26 November

ReleaseRolls-Royce celebrates as first Airbus A330neo delivered to TAP Air Portugal

6 November

ReleaseRolls-Royce Trent 7000 powers Airbus A330-800 first flight

11 October

Release3-D printed parts and new materials help Rolls-Royce to engine test success

20 July

ReleaseRolls-Royce Trent 7000 gets ticket to fly as first production engines arrive in Toulouse