Rolls-royce Corporation

Katie Phillips

Joseph B Cooper

Joseph Cooper

A method of upgrading a modular gas turbine engine, which includes: a first fan module with a fan having plurality of fan blades; a first engine core module including an engine core and a gearbox providing drive to the fan; and a first fan case module with a fan case arranged to enclose the fan blades, the method including: disassembling the gas turbine engine, replacing one of the first fan module, first engine core module or first fan case module with a replacement fan module, a replacement engine core module or a replacement fan case module; and reassembling the gas turbine engine using the replacement module, which is compatible with the others of the first fan module, first engine core module or first fan case module; and the replacement module designed to different parameters to one of the first fan module, first engine core module or first fan case module.

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Derby, United Kingdom

Katie Phillips