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£4.5 billion boost for UK Manufacturing
The government has announced £4.5 billion in funding for British manufacturing to increase investment in eight sectors across the UK. The funding will be available from 2025 for five years, providing industry with longer term certainty about their investments. Over £2 billion has been earmarked for the automotive industry and £975 million for aerospace, supporting the manufacturing, supply chain and development of zero emission vehicles, and
investment in energy efficient and zero-carbon aircraft equipment. Alongside this, the government has committed to £960 million for a Green Industries Growth Accelerator to support clean energy manufacturing, and £520 million for life sciences manufacturing to build resilience for future health emergencies and capitalise on the UK’s world-leading research and development.
Rolls-Royce announces successful run of UltraFan technology demonstrator to maximum power
This is an important milestone for the UltraFan demonstrator, which was successfully tested for the first time earlier this year. Since then, the UltraFan team has been gradually increasing the power as part of the rigorous testing regime and the demonstrator has performed in line with our expectations. The results of the test will provide Rolls Royce with valuable learning and data, which their teams will now take away and continue to analyse. This achievement reinforces confidence in the suite of technologies that has been developed as part of the UltraFan programme.
Tufan Erginbilgic, CEO, Rolls-Royce plc, said: “Hitting full power with our UltraFan demonstrator
sends a strong message that Rolls-Royce is at the cutting-edge of innovation and technology, leading the way in the transition to more efficient and sustainable aviation. This fantastic milestone puts us in a strong position to support the plans of our customers as they develop the next generation of super- efficient aircraft.”
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