The Mississippi Enterprise for Technology's digest of business, science and technology news from NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, Miss.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
RR wins $5B order
Rolls-Royce won a $5 billion order for Trent engines to power 50 new Airbus planes ordered by Delta Air Lines. Trent XWB engines will power 25 Airbus A350s and Trent 7000 engines will power 25 Airbus A330neo aircraft. Rolls Royce is the only supplier of engines for both aircraft. The Trent XWB will power the first A350 XWB into service later this year. (Sources: Rolls-Royce, 11/20/14, Reuters, 11/21/14) Note: Rolls-Royce tests Trent engines at its outdoor test facility at Stennis Space Center, Miss.