The two Departmental Fleet owned Pentekonter 044Ms have been re-engined with development builds of the new Proton engine family. These will be tested in real-world service use for the next 6 months. 044-113 Paris has been fitted with a Proton RM-01 with the new fuel efficient core. This engine will be the standard fit for export Pentekonter Protectors from later this year (all going well).
044-114 Hector has been fitted with a Proton RM-02X, this is the uprated engine planned to be fitted to NS Pentekonters (and maybe a new high-end export version) that will allow a speed bump to 500c. Hector will not be capable of the higher speed yet, the engine will be tested on a lower power mode first. Its thought Hector will receive structural modifications ready for full power tests in the Summer.
