In this vlog, I provide a detailed look at the Rolls Royce Engine factory in Derby, England, where the XWB engine for the Airbus A350 is constructed. The video explores various engine test bed ...

Britain's Rolls-Royce <RR.L> will carry out extra inspections on some of its Trent XWB engines after cracks were found on a small number of them, in a further headache for the company whose finances ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., March 24, 2014 /CNW/ - Chromalloy announced today that it delivered the first seal segment carrier components to Rolls-Royce for the new Trent XWB aircraft engine.

For those of you who have flown inside a wide-body airliner called Airbus A350, the fact that it is powered by the "world's most efficient large aero-engine in service" may come a bit as a surprise.

EASA’s earlier directive called for older XWB-97 engines – those with 18,500h or 2,300 cycles, and which have undergone at least two shop visits – to be inspected within three days.

The engine has been in development for nearly a decade. Rolls-Royce unveiled the XWB-84EP in 2016, aiming for service entry in 2019. EASA listed the certification in a 10 April update for the A350 ...