Rolls-Royce no longer offers new engine to new Boeing 797s..

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...some may already have noticed, some may not yet...

https://theaircurrent.com/engine-develo ... gine-pick/

https://www.aerotime.aero/zivile.zalage ... ma-program

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/28/rolls-r ... plane.html

Published 8:01 AM ET Thu, 28 Feb 2019 | Updated 8:28 AM ET Thu, 28 Feb 2019

Rolls-Royce pulls out of race to power Boeing's new commercial plane

•Rolls-Royce is pulling out of the contest to power Boeing's proposed New Midsized Airplane (NMA).
•The firm had hoped to supply its next generation UltraFan engine.

Published 8:01 AM ET Thu, 28 Feb 2019 | Updated 8:28 AM ET Thu, 28 Feb 2019

U.K. firm Rolls-Royce has pulled out of the race to provide engines for Boeing's new commercial aircraft.

Boeing's planned New Midsize Airplane (NMA), also known as the 797 by the aviation industry,
is expected by some to be confirmed at the Paris Air Show in June 2019.

Rolls-Royce had put forward UltraFan engine to power Boeing's new plane but in statement Thursday,
the engine maker withdrew its tender stating it was "unable to commit to the proposed timetable."

Boeing is now expected to choose between offerings from
United Technologies unit Pratt & Whitney
and
CFM International, a General Electric joint venture with France's Safran.

Rolls-Royce is already under pressure to deliver on the company's current engine programs,
among them the Trent XWB, Trent 7000 and Trent 1000-TEN.

It said the decision would help to "de-risk" development of its next generation UltraFan engine which
is promised to deliver airlines efficiency improvements of up to 25 percent.