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By Mark Pilling2021-05-20T09:05:00+01:00 The cocktail of possible engine technologies and fuels that are going to propel an industry desperate to prove it can decarbonise becomes more extraordinary by the day. The ingredients in this cocktail are bewildering, encompassing next-generation turbines, sustainable and hydrogen aviation fuels, hybrid, electric, fuel cells, and an intoxicating mixture of all of them. Source: Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan should be in service around 2030 For the engine makers researching a raft of technical solutions, a discipline that constantly absorbs mil...
Share One of the final PGB ground units prior to the demonstrator gear unit is now undergoing attitude rig tests. Credit: Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan next-generation turbofan is still without an application. Despite the uncertainty, the engine-maker is pressing on with assembly of the first demonstrator this year as a pivotal step toward building trust in the technology and preparing for production variants when the time is ripe. “We need to get the engine ready for future opportunities and for whatever market dynamic evolves over the next 2-4 years,” says UltraFan Chief En...