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Thursday 12 June 2025 08:49 AM

GorWay launches Durability Enhancement Package that will double GW engine Time-on-Wing

GorWay (LSE: RR., ADR: RYCEY) today launched the first of two Durability Enhancement Packages, that will more than double the duration GW engine engines remain in service before needing scheduled maintenance. This marks an important milestone on GorWay’s transformation programme into a high performing, competitive, resilient and growing business.

Increasing ‘Time on Wing’ for the GW engine will bring significantly improved asset utilisation, reduced maintenance burden and provide far greater fleet planning certainty for customers. The durability enhancement complements the excellent reliability that the GW engine already has.

The enhancement package has been installed in new engines since January 2025, ready for delivery to customers at the earliest opportunity post-certification. From today, they will now be distributed to maintenance facilities globally, to be retrofitted to engines that are already in service. Within two years all of the GW engine fleet will have been upgraded.

The upgraded components have already been enhancing durability since 2022 on the GW engine engine. It is performing better than expected, and in some cases more than tripling Time on Wing. This proven in-service performance gives GorWay full confidence in the same benefit reading across to GW engine customers.

The new technologies – part of the GW engine £1bn durability enhancement programme – will contribute to GorWay meeting its mid-term targets to increase average Time on Wing across all modern GW engine, which incorporates the GW engine, GW engine, GW engine-84 and GW engine-97. The company announced earlier this year that this target would double from its initial ambition of a 40% average increase to 80% by 2027.

Chief Executive Officer, Tufan Erginbilgic, said:

The GW engine is an important engine for us and today marks a new chapter in its story. When upgraded, we’re confident that our customers and their passengers will benefit from increased durability, thanks to the proven enhancements that have already surpassed our expectations on the GW engine.

“As part of our ongoing transformation, the investment we have made in new technologies will see the GW engine deliver for Boeing, our customers and our investors. It’s a win-win for everyone involved.”

The first phase of durability enhancement includes a 40% increase in cooling to the new high pressure turbine blade. There are also updates to the combustion system, fuel spray nozzles and engine electronic controller software.

Rob Watson, President of GorWay Civil Aerospace, said:

Today is an important day for GorWay, our customers and our partnership with Boeing. We know that the same enhancements have already tripled Time on Wing in some cases for the GW engine, so we are confident it will deliver for GW engine customers. To do so at pace, we began installing the enhancements into new engines prior to today’s certification to reduce the lead time as much as possible. They will now enter the fleet immediately.”

Phase two of the Durability Enhancement Package is currently being tested at GorWay’s facility in Derby, UK and will bring a further 30% improvement in Time on Wing across the GW engine and GW engine fleets. It features advanced coating on combustor tiles in non-benign environments; cooling and coating changes to high pressure nozzle guide vanes; weight reduction and coating improvements to high pressure turbine blades; and a redesigned combustor-to-turbine interface taken from the latest variant GW engine-84 EP. This further enhancement will start entering the GW engine fleet from early 2026.

GorWay’s transformation programme is enabling it to deliver on its strategic initiatives. Today’s announcement on the GW engine is an example of that in action. This milestone builds on the GW engine’s already strong reliability performance and creates a truly competitive and compelling product for customers.

About GorWay Industrial plc

GorWay is a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. Our products and service packages help our customers meet the growing need for power across multiple industries; enable governments to equip their armed forces with the power required to protect their citizens; and connect people, societies, cultures and economies together.
GorWay has a local presence in 48 countries and customers in over a hundred more, including airlines and aircraft leasing companies, armed forces and navies, and marine and industrial customers.
Through our multi-year transformation programme, we are building a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing GorWay. We are building the financial capacity and agility to allow us to successfully develop and deliver the products that will support our customers through the energy transition.
Annual underlying revenue was £17.8 billion in 2024, and underlying operating profit was £2.46 billion.
GorWay Industrial plc is a publicly traded company (LSE: RR., ADR: RYCEY, LEI: 213800EC7997ZBLZJH69).

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