GKN Aerospace and Rolls-Royce extend multi million dollar agreement on Trent XWB

GKN Aerospace and Rolls-Royce have agreed an extension to their risk and revenue sharing partnership (RRSP) on the Trent XWB-84 engine.  The multi-million dollar, life of the programme agreement extends the design and supply of a lower weight, higher performance intermediate compressor case (ICC) for the enhanced performance Trent XWB-84 engine. GKN Aerospace states that it has employed the very latest design methodologies and state of the art fabrication technologies, including additive manufacturing processes and new welding techniques, to create this ICC. GKN Aerospace’s engine systems business in Sweden has been the supplier of the ICC for the Trent XWB-84