Stennis Space Center, MS
engine testing facility
Rolls-Royce International Ltd. will spend $42 million to
open a jet engine test complex at Stennis Space
Center. It will test engines for performance, noise and
other factors. Slated to be tested are the Trent 900
and Trent 1000, used on Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
Testing will begin in 2007. Rolls-Royce is closing test
operation in the United Kingdom because of
encroachment issues.