Friday, November 21, 2008

WR-21 ICR

Origin
France
United Kingdom
United States of America

Contractor/s
Northrop Grumman
Rolls-Royce

Applications
Type 45

Description: The WR-21 ICR (Inter Cooled Recuperated) is a high efficiency gas turbine being developed to meet the requirements of future surface ships. It will be available for US and foreign countries.

The WR-21 engines will provide savings of 25-30% annually over current engines, and could provide 40-50% savings in an electric drive configuration. The WR-21 engines has already been chosen by the Royal Navy to power Type 45 destroyers (Daring class) and it remains as a strong candidate for US Navy's DD(X) program.

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

Last Updated: Saturday, October 25, 2008

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