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£45 million to research fuel-efficient, lower-carbon aero engines |
Projects to include developing lighter fans that reduce fuel consumption.
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has announced £45 million of Government support to research and develop more fuel-efficient, lower-carbon aero engines.
Research projects will be overseen by the Technology Strategy Board and include developing lighter fans that reduce fuel consumption, simulation technology for virtual engineering and new, affordable high temperature alloys to improve fuel efficiency.
The money will also fund new partnerships between Rolls Royce and the following universities - Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Imperial College London, Loughborough, Nottingham, Oxford, Southampton, Surrey and Swansea.
Mandelson also welcomed the Rolls-Royce commitment to build a new aero-engine disc facility in Washington, Sunderland. It is one of four new facilities Rolls-Royce is to build in the UK which will secure or create 800 jobs.
Mandelson said: "The knowledge, skills and high-end production the UK offers give us huge opportunities to benefit as global demand for low carbon products grows."
"These new projects will help our world class aerospace industry to meet that growing low carbon demand. Rolls-Royce represents some of the best of British advanced manufacturing."
Further information:
Rolls Royce |
