Discover how the Rolls-Royce RB211 revolutionized jet engines with record-breaking reliability, powering icons like the ...

Rolls-Royce plc - not to be confused with Rolls Royce Motor Cars - is probably best known for its airplane engines. Here's the story behind them.

Aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is retiring a Boeing 747-200 test aircraft after 20 years in service.

Here's Rolls-Royce's original 'big daddy' - the RB211 - built in the 1960s for wide-bodied airliners. It was also the engine that led to the company being taken into state ownership in 1971 due to ...

Azerbaijan’s Silk Way West Airlines has reached an agreement with Rolls-Royce under which the manufacturer will supply replacement engines for the cargo carrier’s RB211-powered Boeing 747 fleet.

The RB211-H63 gas generator is being developed by Rolls-Royce engineers in Montreal, Canada, Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA and in the UK at Ansty near Coventry.

Rolls-Royce has now received orders for 23 RB211 gas turbine generator sets for Petrobras offshore projects, totalling over $280 million, over the past four and a half years. The order for P-53 is for ...

Rolls-Royce has won a third contract to supply RB211 gas turbines for the Azeri oil project being developed in the Caspian Sea. Valued at over $75 million the new contract brings the total value ...

In 1996, Rolls-Royce and Boeing proposed equipping each bomber with four leased Rolls-Royce RB211-535 engines in order to cut down costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and enhance aircraft ...

Rolls-Royce is to supply six RB211 industrial gas turbines to operate in the Akpo oil and gas field, offshore Nigeria, after it was awarded an $82m contract from Technip on behalf of Total ...

The RB211 engines are used to power aircraft types including Boeing 747s, 757s, and 767s, as well as Tupolev Tu-204. Story updated on 8 November 2018 ...

Petrobas contract Rolls-Royce will supply Petrobras with advanced maintenance and repair services to support fifteen Rolls-Royce RB211-G62 industrial gas turbine power generation units which are ...