197 1 year, Rolls-Royce began to develop a unique three-rotor RB2 1 1 engine. Because the three-rotor technology is relatively new, and Rolls-Royce's composite fan technology has not passed the standard, the development cycle of the RB2 1 1 engine project that was hastily launched has been delayed for too long, which eventually led to insufficient financial support for Rolls-Royce and had to be nationalized by the British government.
With this lesson, rolls royce really realized that it was necessary to choose a road of aero-engine development that conformed to the market rules, and thus embarked on the road of core engine and verification machine until serial development. After years of development, the RB2 1 1 series three-rotor engines developed by the company have become one of the most successful engine series in contemporary large civil aviation engines. 1987, the state-owned capital of the British government withdrew again, and Rollo returned to private ownership.
Starting from 1990s, Rolls-Royce tried to catch up with GE through joint ventures, cooperation and cross-border acquisitions.
When rolls royce wanted to enter the power supplier field of Boeing 737 series aircraft, CFM56 was basically selected as the only engine supplier of this series aircraft, and a large part of ge's profits came from the joint venture company CFMI. In order to compete with GE for the engine market of large aircraft with 100 seats or more, rolls royce and Pratt & Whitney established the International Aeroengine Company (IAE) to compete for the engine market of Airbus A320 series, the biggest competitor of Boeing 737, by developing V2500 engine.
Although V2500 is still not as popular as CFM56, figures by 2006 show that IAE has delivered more than 3,000 V2500 engines, with an average of one delivered every day, and the total number of orders exceeds 4,200.
In the field of regional aero-engines, rolls royce adopted acquisition measures to narrow the gap with General Electric. AE3007 is manufactured by rolls royce Company in the United States, and its predecessor is Allison Company in the United States, which specializes in producing small turbofan engines for feeder machines. 10 month, acquired by Rolls-Royce. Rolls-Royce has developed from a blank small engine field to an equal share with GE, and the two predators firmly control the international regional aviation power market.
In the field of civil aircraft manufacturing, Boeing and Airbus once accused each other of subsidizing each other's government. In fact, the same is true in the field of civil engines. "In the United States, for example, the technologies generated by the two major engine technology programs (IHPTET and VAATE) led by the US Department of Defense are used by both military and civilian, which invisibly transfers the investment of the US government to the research and development of civil engines of companies such as GE and Pratt & Whitney. The same is true of the British government and Rollo. " Liu Jinggang believes that the experience of European and American governments in supporting the development of their aviation industry with practical actions is worth learning from China.