Rolls-Royce has announced that it is ready to start testing its UltraFan aero engine demonstrator.
In what the Derby engineering giant said was a “major milestone” for the programme, the demonstrator engine was transported from the build workshop and into Testbed 80 in Derby, where it has been mounted in preparation for testing.
Rolls Royce hopes it will be part of a new family of engines able to power both narrow body and wide body aircraft and use 25 per cent less fuel than the first generation of its Trent engines.
