Spearheading Rolls-Royce's defence products at Asian Aerospace 2000 are the EJ200, the Adour and T800 engines.
Rated at 20,000lb (89kN) thrust with reheat, the Eurojet EJ200 powers the Eurofighter Typhoon. It has been designed with the potential of a 15% thrust increase with little development cost.
Flight-testing is under way. Production investment contracts were signed in 1998 and a firm order has been placed for the first tranche of 363 powerplants. Certification is on schedule for 2001.
The Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour is available in reheated form, while non-reheated variants power the BAe Hawk trainer.
The Mk871, at almost 6,000lb thrust, is the most powerful non-reheated version of the Adour family. A new variant, the Adour 900, is currently under development, offering operators a reduced maintenance workload and longer service life.
Another new variant, the Adour Mk106, is also being developed to give the Jaguar longer in-service life.
The T800 engine has been developed by the LHTEC joint venture between Rolls-Royce and AlliedSignal Aerospace. It's a versatile turboshaft engine with both helicopter and fixed-wing applications. It has powered the US Army's RAH-66A Comanche helicopter - due in service in 2006 - through more than 100h of highly demanding envelope expansion tests.
A turboprop version is the power behind the Ayres Loadmaster.
Source: Flight Daily News
