Rolls-Royce has successfully completed the first test run of a Trent 7000 demonstrator engine on a test bed in Derby, UK.
The engine will be used exclusively by Airbus for its new A330neo series of aircraft.
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Airbus decided to install the Trent 7000 engine in its fleet last year.
Trent 7000 is the seventh addition to the Trent family of engines, manufactured by the UK’s aero-engine manufacturing company Rolls-Royce.
Trent 7000, which produces 68lb – 72,000lb of thrust, is expected to enter service in 2017.
Rolls-Royce said the new engine will provide a better performance than the current version of Trent 700. The engine will reduce fuel consumption by 10%, halve the noise, as well as double the bypass ratio.
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By GlobalDataRolls-Royce Civil Large Engines Trent 7000 programme director Chris Davie said: "We are working closely with Airbus to ensure the Trent 7000 brings a step change in performance and economics."
In June, the company announced it started production of its new generation Trent 7000 engines.
While manufacturing Trent 7000, Rolls-Royce partnered with Spain’s Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP), Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines (MHIAEL).
All the companies will be working as risk and revenue sharing partners with Rolls-Royce for the Trent 7000.
ITP, a joint venture between Rolls-Royce and a subsidiary of Sener, will look after the design, assembly and majority of manufacturing of the low pressure turbine (LPT) module of Trent 7000.
Since 1992, ITP has worked with Rolls-Royce on seven Trent engine programmes.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries will deliver the intermediate pressure compressor (IPC) module from its Seishin facility, including the engine and combustion modules units. All stages of LPT blades will be supplied by MHIAEL.
Image: Rolls-Royce completes the first Trent 7000 demonstrator engine flight test. Photo: courtesy of Rolls-Royce.
