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Rolls-Royce Creates Kit To Produce 17 Percent More Power In V-22 Engines

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Friday, September 12th, 2014

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Rolls-Royce Creates Kit To Produce 17 Percent More Power In V-22 Engines

Rolls-Royce said it created a kit that can produce 17 percent more power in challenging conditions from V-22 engines. Rolls-Royce Senior Vice President for United States Government Program Tom Hartmann told Defense Daily Thursday the company’s “Hot and High Kit” for its AE1007C engines on the V-22 includes an upgrade to the engine’s turbine, known as Block 3, in addition to other software and hardware upgrades. Hartmann said the upgrade allows the AE1007C engine to produce more power in high…

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