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military transport aircraft. The rear section of the engine was modified to incorporate an internal thrust deflector to duct exhaust gases through swivelling nozzles; an idea similar to that used on the contemporary
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As a considerable amount of company funds had already been spent on development, the project was continued to rework the design for another future aircraft project, the
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in the early-1960s. The project was cancelled due to changes in market requirements that also led to the development and production of the smaller but similar
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issued in February 1958, and when this requirement was altered to that of a smaller aircraft, the Medway in its initial form was no longer needed.
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in line with Rolls-Royce company tradition for jet engines. The DH.121 itself was being designed to a requirement and specification from
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turbofan, the Spey being basically a scaled-down Medway incorporating more recent technical developments.
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By December 1963 the Medway had successfully completed over 1,700 hours of bench running.
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Advanced military development of ~15,000 lb st dry, proposed for the Saab 37 Viggen
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Low bypass twin-spool turbofan with vectored thrust hot exhaust
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engine designed, manufactured and tested in prototype form by
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8,000 lbf (36 kN) thrust, early development engine
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Another possible application for the Medway was the
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Turbofan
Rolls-Royce Limited
Armstrong Whitworth AW.681
turbofan
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce Spey
Armstrong Whitworth AW.681
Alan Arnold Griffith
de Havilland
airliner
Hawker Siddeley Trident
River Medway
British European Airways
Armstrong Whitworth AW.681
VTOL
Bristol Siddeley Pegasus
Spey
Saab 37 Viggen

Armstrong Whitworth AW.681
Bristol Type 200
de Havilland DH.121
Saab 37 Viggen
Sud Aviation Super Caravelle
Vickers VC10
Combustors
Turbine
Jet fuel
thrust

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