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However in 1946, before the Cold War had really begun, the new British Labour government under the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, keen to improve diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, authorised Rolls-Royce to export 40 Rolls-Royce Nene centrifugal flow turbojet engines.
The engine architecture includes a solid wide-chord swept fan with a 4-stage booster, followed by a 4 axial stage + 1 centrifugal stage high pressure compressor.
The first LM-500 engine was delivered to Esso Australia Ltd, in Sale Australia, in 1981 directly driving a Norwlak-Turbo, Inc Sulzer eight stage centrifugal compressor.