The Rolls-Royce Trent 900 and Trent XWB engines are among the most advanced commercial aircraft engines currently available. They are used to power two popular aircraft built by the European aircraft ...

The Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine has been run at a thrust level of up to 81,000 lb. during initial trials at one of the company's British test facilities. The engine will be rated at 70,000-lb. thrust ...

The A380 program allowed customers to choose between Rolls-Royce and Engine Alliance powerplants.

Introduction -- Design and development -- Engine testing -- First flight and certification -- The partnership begins -- Powering the A380 -- training for service -- Building for service -- Delivery -- ...

Rolls-Royce has hiked the durability improvement target for its Trent engine time-on-wing programme, raising the figure from 80% to more than 100% by the end of next year. The manufacturer says “more ...

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A European aviation regulator flagged in August potential problems with the type of Rolls-Royce engine that blew apart on Thursday's Qantas Airways A380 flight. The ...

The Rolls-Royce Trent 900 slated to power the Airbus A380 completed its first flight on an A340-300 flying test bed. The aircraft flew three hours and 20 minutes, reaching an altitude of 35,000 feet ...

LONDON/SYDNEY, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce Group Plc moved to contain a crisis of confidence in the safety of its engines on Monday, saying progress was being made in finding out what caused last ...