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GKN Aerospace in Sweden has successfully delivered the first Intermediate Compressor Case (ICC) to the Rolls-Royce UltraFanTM engine demonstrator programme. GKN Aerospace is a Rolls-Royce Core Partner in Clean Sky 2 with responsibility for design and manufacturing of the Intermediate Compressor Case (ICC) for the UltraFan TM demonstrator. UltraFan TM is Rolls-Royce s next generation engine family and aims to offer a 25 % fuel efficiency improvement over the first generation of Trent engines. It features a new engine core architecture and introduces a geared design. The target is full engine ground test during 2022 and flight testing after that. Development, manufacturing and testing of the ICC will demonstrate and validate a range of technologies, including a low cost and robust sectorised fabrication concept with castings, an innovative welding method including computer weld simulations, optimised bleed system aerodynamics and acoustics, shorter aggre ....