First delivery to Rolls Royce UltraFan™ demonstration
GKN Aerospace in Sweden has successfully delivered the first Intermediate Compressor Case (ICC) to the Rolls-Royce UltraFanTM engine demonstrator programme. GKN Aerospace is a Rolls-Royce Core Partner in Clean Sky 2 with responsibility for design and manufacturing of the Intermediate Compressor Case (ICC) for the UltraFan TM demonstrator. UltraFan TM is Rolls-Royce's next generation engine family and aims to offer a 25 % fuel efficiency improvement over the first generation of Trent engines. It features a new engine core architecture and introduces a geared design. The target is full ...