DERBY aero engine maker Rolls-Royce has announced plans to shed 2,600 jobs across its aerospace business.
This afternoon it was unclear how many of the cuts would be made at its civil aerospace division in Derby.
The firm employs around 12,000 people at the Sinfin site, which makes the Trent family of engines.
Rolls-Royce said the cuts were part of a "restructuring programme to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs" and would be made over the next 18 months.
The firm said that it could not give a breakdown of how many staff would be lost at Derby until it had consulted with workers.
In a statement, the firm said: "A large engineering team was required for the development phase of the Trent 1000 and Trent XWB engines.
"Both these major programmes have now entered their production phase, reducing our engineering requirement."
The Trent 1000 and Trent XWB teams are both based in Derby.
