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FEATURE AERO ENGINES

Jet (MRJ) make its maiden flight powered engine. Work progresses on maturing RR is targeting increased sales of Trent
by a PW1200G engine, Irkut will complete the technology and product development XWB and Trent 1000 engines, to meet its
testing and certification for its MC-21 for the GE9X, with a planned $500 million revenue target of £7.3 billion for 2015. It’s
powered by the PW1400G and Embraer spend from GE and its partners for 2015. order book for the Trent XWB, which was
will commence the flight test program In a press statement, Bill Millhaem, a decade in development at an estimated
for its EJet E-2, powered by the PW1900G general manager of the GE90/GE9X cost of $ 1 billion, stands at 1,500 engines.
engine. A number of engines are involved engine programs, said, “The GEnx engine The Trent XWB will deliver one-third of
in flight test programmes; two Airbus testing campaign, which began in late the A350 XWB’s promised 25 per cent
A320neo (PW1100G-JM engines) and six January, will allow us to demonstrate the lower fuel burn per seat when compared
Bombardier CSeries airplanes functionality and durability of the full suite to the current competing jetliners. The
(PW1500G engines). The first A320neo of CMC hot section components and help new engine is also 16 per cent more
is scheduled to be delivered in November the team lock down the final design for efficient than the first-generation of Trent
this year and will be powered by PW1100G the new GE9X engine by mid-2015.” GE engines that entered into service in 1995.
engines. has received orders for almost 700 GE9X The 97,000lb thrust version of Trent XWB,
GE which has also invested billions in engines, since Boeing announced the which will power the larger Airbus A350-
the development of its GEnx, LEAP and 777X at the Dubai Air Show in November 1000, ran for the first time in July 2014 and
GE9X engines, reported an order backlog 2013. Engine certification for the 100,000 is slated to enter service in 2017.
of $134 billion in 2014, shipping 2,571 pound thrust class engine is scheduled An important engine offering from
commercial engines. The company has for 2018, prior to which, the first engine RR will be the 78,000lbf Trent 1000 TEN
$35 billion in orders and commitments test will take place next year, followed by (Thrust, Efficiency and New technology)
for the GEnx, $26 billion for the GE9X flight-testing on GE’s flying testbed slated variant, under development for the
jet engine, and $83 billion for the LEAP to commence in 2017 Boeing 787-8/9/10. RR’s flying test bed

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