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Pedantic: Boeing subcontracted the jet engine efficiency improvements to Rolls-Royce (Trent 1000) and GE (GEnx). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Trent
by gvb 14y ago
Pedantic: Boeing subcontracted the jet engine efficiency improvements to Rolls-Royce (Trent 1000) and GE (GEnx).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Trent_1000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Trent_1000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_GEnx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric_GEnx
- druiid 14y agoIn this case it is pretty pedantic I'm afraid. Engine subcontracting is pretty standard in aviation. Nearly all of the engine types I can think of are either GE or Rolls-Royce. It's kind of like Rotax for motorcycles and Snowmobiles... give the designs or specifications to a supplier and have them do all of the heavy lifting.