GKN Aerospace delivers First Intermediate Compressor Case for UltraFan engine

GKN Aerospace in Sweden has successfully delivered the first Intermediate Compressor Case (ICC) to the Rolls-Royce UltraFan engine demonstrator programme. GKN Aerospace is a Core Partner in Clean Sky 2 and in the Rolls-Royce led UltraFan engine demonstrator programme with responsibility for design and manufacture of the ICC. The ICC is a structure between compressor cases, which carries the rotor gas loads to the engine casing and thrust mounts. Development, manufacture and testing of the ICC will demonstrate and validate a range of new technologies, including a low-cost and robust sectorised fabrication concept with castings. This makes use of a