Rolls-Royce awarded CLEEN contract
Rolls-Royce has received a $16m contract award as part of the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions & Noise (CLEEN) technologies programme. Under the contract, Rolls-Royce will perform aero engine test demonstrations specifically focused on reduced fuel burn technologies and evaluating alternative aviation fuels. The goals established by the FAA’s CLEEN programme are to achieve a 33 per cent reduction in fuel burn, against a baseline of current performance technology, by 2015, and to advance sustainable alternative aviation fuels in the same timeframe.
