Fokker Elmo is to design and manufacture electrical wiring for the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine.

Trent XWB is an optimised single engine, designed for the Airbus A350 XWB family of aircraft. The Trent XWB programme is partnership of Rolls-Royce and Airbus.

The engine will power the A350-800, A350-900 in the 250 to 300-seat market and the larger A350-1000 in the 350-seat market and the A350-900 freighter and the ultralong-range A350-900R.

The development phase will take place at Fokker Elmo in the Netherlands, followed by series production scheduled to be undertaken at Fokker Elmo China.