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Aero engine-maker Rolls-Royce prepares to take off after grounding by COVID

by Stephen Beard

Oct 13, 2021

How a British manufacturer is hoping for a major boost from U.S. bombers, Australian submarines and mini nuclear reactors.

Workers stand next to a Rolls-Royce aircraft engine on a passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda airport in January. The British company secured a $2.5 billion deal to supply 650 engines for the U.S. Air Force’s B52 bombers.

Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

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