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    The Rolls-Royce LiftSystem, together with the F135 engine, is an aircraft propulsion system designed for use in the STOVL variant of the F-35 Lightning...
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    lift thrust. Combined with thrust from the LiftFan (20,000 lbf or 89.0 kN) and two roll posts (1,950 lbf or 8.67 kN each), the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem...
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    Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational aerospace and defence company incorporated in February 2011. The company owns Rolls-Royce, a business...
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    The Rolls-Royce Pegasus is a British turbofan engine originally designed by Bristol Siddeley. It was manufactured by Rolls-Royce plc. The engine is not...
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    Kingdom include the Eurojet EJ200, TP400-D6, Rolls-Royce LiftSystem, Rolls-Royce Trent and Rolls-Royce UltraFan The British aerospace industry has made...
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    Lockheed Martin X-35 (category Lift fan)
    site). Retrieved 9 January 2010. "Rolls-Royce LiftSystem demonstrates success in first vertical landing." Rolls-Royce, 19 March 2010. Retrieved 14 April...
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    The Rolls-Royce T406 (company designation AE 1107) is a turboshaft engine developed by Allison Engine Company (now part of Rolls-Royce) that powers the...
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    The Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 was an Anglo-French turbojet with reheat, which powered the supersonic airliner Concorde. It was initially a joint...
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    take place for hovering. The engine and Rolls-Royce LiftSystem make up the Integrated Lift Fan Propulsion System (ILFPS). The vertical thrust for the STOVL...
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    The Rolls-Royce Eagle was the first aircraft engine to be developed by Rolls-Royce Limited. Introduced in 1915 to meet British military requirements during...
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    The Rolls-Royce RB.162 is a lightweight British turbojet engine produced by Rolls-Royce Limited. Developed in the early 1960s, it was specially designed...
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    Lockheed Martin and developed by Rolls-Royce, the SDLF, also known as the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem, consists of the lift fan, drive shaft, two roll posts...
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    The Rolls-Royce RB.93 Soar, also given the Ministry of Supply designation RSr., was a small, expendable British axial-flow turbojet intended for the UB...
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  • The Rolls-Royce C range was a series of in-line 4, 6 and 8 cylinder diesel engines used in small locomotives, railcars, construction vehicles, and marine...
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    The Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig (TMR) was a pioneering vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft developed by Rolls-Royce in the 1950s. It has...
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    The Rolls-Royce RB.108 was a British jet engine designed in the mid-1950s by Rolls-Royce specifically for use as a VTOL lift engine. It was also used to...
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    Retrieved: 27 May 2012. Burgess, Richard R. (1 February 2000). "Boeing rolls out JSF demonstrators". Sea Power. Archived from the original on 11 September...
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    for example. They are also used to swivel the VTOL nozzle for the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem. The F414 continues to be improved, both through internal GE efforts...
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    The AN/AAQ-37 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) is the first of a new generation of sensor systems being fielded on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning...
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    operators Engines Pratt & Whitney F135 General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 Rolls-Royce LiftSystem General Electric XA100 Pratt & Whitney XA101 Equipment...
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    (AESA) fire-control radar system designed by Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems (formerly Westinghouse Electronic Systems) for the Lockheed Martin F-35...
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    Benni Cohen compared the Israel Aerospace Industries command and control system to an iPhone App that would run on top of the central avionics. Israel Aerospace...
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    conventional mode it operates as a turbofan, but when powering the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem, it switches partially to turboshaft mode to send 29,000 horsepower...
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    The Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud is a luxury automobile produced by Rolls-Royce Limited from April 1955 to March 1966. It was the core model of the Rolls-Royce...
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    pointed out that Davis participated in agreements for Rolls-Royce to provide the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem engine, and that he was a frequent champion of the...
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    The Rolls-Royce RB.145 was a British jet engine designed in the early-1960s by Rolls-Royce for use as a lightweight VTOL lift and cruise engine. Developed...
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    located within the wing structure. The F-35 Lightning II uses the Rolls-Royce LiftSystem, in which 29,000 hp is diverted forward through a driveshaft from...
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    and forms the technological foundation for the company's XA102 propulsion system for the United States Air Force's sixth generation fighter program, the...
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    The Rolls-Royce Olympus turbojet engine was developed extensively throughout its production run, the many variants can be described as belonging to four...
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    shape. GKN Aerospace. Zolfagharifard, Ellie (28 March 2011), "Rolls-Royce's LiftSystem for the Joint Strike Fighter", The Engineer, archived from the...
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