VESSPER (Validate Engine Steady State PERformance)
Lead Participant:
ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
Abstract
"The aerospace industry leads the world in embracing technology and efficiency challenges. Targets for environmental improvements are tougher than ever and need to be met in a marketplace where fuel costs are in flux and competition is fierce.
Rolls-Royce has responded to this challenge by pioneering a revolutionary new engine architecture called UltraFan that is designed to deliver the power required by the civil aviation industry in the most efficient way possible.
The VESSPER project is the route to giving confidence to Rolls-Royce's customers that the benefits of an UltraFan architecture to fuel burn improvements are achievable."
Rolls-Royce has responded to this challenge by pioneering a revolutionary new engine architecture called UltraFan that is designed to deliver the power required by the civil aviation industry in the most efficient way possible.
The VESSPER project is the route to giving confidence to Rolls-Royce's customers that the benefits of an UltraFan architecture to fuel burn improvements are achievable."
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
|---|---|---|
| ROLLS-ROYCE PLC | £34,933,346 | £ 13,800,000 |
People |
ORCID iD |
| Leighton Jones (Project Manager) |