The Rolls-Royce Crosspointe facility is a center of excellence for advanced manufacturing of precision-engineered engine discs and other components for some of the most sophisticated aircraft in the world.
The company said today its board has approved the launch of a new engine variant of its 737 aircraft, which has order commitments for 496 planes from five airlines.
The vehicle was dropped from a carrier aircraft high above California's Mojave Desert and ignited its rocket engine to go supersonic for a few seconds.
The flight is believed to have lost an engine mid-air, and the pilot of the plane is reported to have called for emergency landing while making futile, frantic efforts to sustain the aircraft with the remaining functional engine.
The Cirrus single has huge windows for passenger comfort and an airframe parachute, in the unlikely event that the aircraft's Williams FJ33 engine flames out.