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1 Trent XWB Newsletter – Issue 5 Summer 2020

Trent XWB Newsletter

Optimised for the Airbus A350 XWB Family Issue 5 Summer 2010

On 17 June, the Trent XWB ran for the first time on Test Bed 58 at the Rolls-Royce Derby

Headquarters.

Trent XWB runs for the first time

This was the culmination of four years of

optimisation, research and design by Rolls-Royce,

its partners and suppliers in close collaboration

with Airbus. Programme Director Chris Cholerton

said: “we’re delighted to achieve this major

milestone which meets a schedule commitment

made to our customers four years ago. It has

been a tremendous team effort within

Rolls-Royce, our partners and supply chain to

deliver this hugely impressive engineering

achievement – the result of significant

investment in people, technology and facilities.

Our focus is now on delivering the remaining

development engines and executing a successful

test programme leading to flight test.

Trent XWB engine 20001 will soon be joined by

six further development engines: all will be

running by early next year. This is the quickest

build-up of engines in the test programme of

any Trent engine. Early engines will be focused

on identifying design improvements ahead of

certification and flight testing. to

The Trent XWB, will power first flight of the

A350XWB-900 in 2012 and entry into service in

2013.

The Trent XWB has been developed and optimised exclusively for the Airbus A350 XWB family,

which has currently attracted 530 firm aircraft orders from 33 customers, an order book that

already exceeds 1,000 engines before its entered into service, another record for any

Rolls-Royce engine.

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