Originally Posted by
pr00ne
The wings are designed and made in Filton-Bristol with a UK wide supply chain involving dozens of companies, GKN being a very significant one.
The engines have 30% Rolls-Royce content and more than 50% design.
RR also have a substantial UK supply chain and in addition there are numerous UK equipment suppliers to the rest of the airframe including avionics, airframe sub assemblies, transparencies and role equipment.
Stop this nonsensical dissing of anything British eh?
Sorry Hovis, not meant for you, meant to reply to
WHBM…
Well said. And I am not sure about the post about saying that the TP400 Turbo Prop engine is based on a French design. My understanding is that the TP400 engine was a new design by the 5 nation consortium.