Rolls-Royce’s upgraded version of the Trent 1000 Package C engine has successfully completed its first run on a test bed in Derby, UK, and is scheduled to conduct an extensive test programme over the next eight weeks.
Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 programme director Simon Carlisle said that the event marked another important milestone in the evolution of the Trent 1000 in preparation for the launch of the next of the 787 Dreamliner line.
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"Our in-service experience on the Boeing Dreamliner and our rigorous improvement programmes give us the platform to deliver the best engine for the 787-9," he said.
The Trent 1000 Package C will be the launch engine for Boeing’s latest Dreamliner aircraft, 787-9, which will enter service with Air New Zealand in 2014.
Capable of providing 74,000lb thrust, the engine will also power 787-8 aircraft that are planned to enter service in the later part of 2014.
Optimised to deliver improved fuel burn rate of 1% over the Package B engine, two Trent 1000 Package C are currently being built for initial flight testing on the Rolls-Royce 747-200 flying test bed.
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By GlobalDataIn addition, a three-month programme is also scheduled to take place over the summer, where the new advanced turbine case cooling system of the engines will be optimised to improve efficiency.
Rolls-Royce had delivered Trent 1000 engines to Boeing to support 787 Dreamliner test flights for ETOPS approval of the engine / aircraft combination and to All Nippon Airways (ANA) 787 Dreamliners to begin passenger service in 2011.
The production standard engines will be delivered by Rolls-Royce from 2013 to support Boeing’s 787-9 flight test programme.
Image: A Trent 1000 engine on the third Boeing 787 prototype at the 2010 Farnborough Airshow. Photo: courtesy of MilborneOne.
