Rolls-Royce Leading Team for "Environmentally Friendly Engine"

A team led by Rolls-Royce has been developing an "environmentally friendly" full- engine demonstrator that is scheduled to run next year.

The Environmentally Friendly Engine (EFE), which is part of the U.K.'s National Aerospace Technology Strategy, is a demonstration program meant to validate new engine technologies aimed at reducing noise, fuel burn and emissions.

The program was launched in 2006 and will continue until the end of 2010. Its goal is to make a major contribution towards achieving industry targets of lowering emissions of CO2 by 50%, NOx by 80% and noise by 50% by 2020, all from a 2000 baseline.

Rolls-Royce's partners include Goodrich Corporation, Bombardier Aerospace, HS Marston Aerospace and Unison Engine Components, and the universities of Birmingham, Cambridge, Loughborough, Oxford, Sheffield and Queens, Belfast.

Goodrich's Engine Control and Electrical Power Systems team, headquartered in Birmingham, U.K, is Rolls-Royce's largest partner on the program and will be providing the next generation of electronic and fuel system controls for six engine technology validation runs that will be conducted over the next five years.

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