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- Introduction
- Total rotorcraft forecast 2007 to 2016 – Summary
- Turbine powered rotorcraft forecast 2007-2016: Phasing
- Turbine rotorcraft forecast:
Civil market
- Turbine rotorcraft forecast:
Military market
- Forecast conclusions
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- This is a 10-year turbine rotorcraft sales forecast developed by
Rolls-Royce
- It is based on:
- Civil customer new requirement and fleet replacement plans
- Military new requirement and fleet replacement/upgrading schedules
- OEM forecasts
- Customer input
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- 15,038 total rotorcraft deliveries
- 6,096 civil rotorcraft (41%)
- 8,493 new or upgraded military rotorcraft (59%)
- Growth in the delivery volumes from 2006 forecast:
- Major military procurements to meet new requirements and to replace
heritage fleets
- Increased opportunities in emerging markets such as India, Russia and
China
- Most OEMs reporting increases in sales with some production lines being
sold out over the next 18-24 months
- Major indicators continue to trend positive
- Macro-economy
- Used aircraft retirements
- OEM profitability
- Forecast includes civil and military tiltrotors and major engine-related
upgrades
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- 6,095 civil rotorcraft deliveries
- Airframe value $24.0 billion
- Engine value $3.6 billion
- Engine support business about $16.2 billion
- Single engine (41%) and light twins (40%) lead market
- Excludes military surplus rotorcraft deliveries
- Includes paramilitary market
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- Turbine rotorcraft deliveries
- Strong market sector throughout forecast period
- Offshore oil support market growing – influence of increasing oil
prices, exploration activity and production
- Increasing market for heavy twin sales (S-92, EC225)
- Police and HEMS sales strong as international market expands
- Corporate sales expanding into the larger twin market
- Piston-engine deliveries
- Favorable dollar exchange rate supporting sales
- Robinson remains as market leader with increasing sales
- Avgas fuelled engines dominate market
- Avgas pricing/availability expected to foster market for affordable
turbines
- Little impact of diesel engines in short term
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- Single-engine rotorcraft continues to lead market
- Eurocopter retains leading position followed by Bell and AgustaWestland
- Growing international demand for police, law enforcement, corporate,
EMS and utility
- New product offerings expected to emerge over the next 3-5 years
- Heritage twins being replaced by new-generations twins
- Eurocopter, AgustaWestland and Bell products replacing older designs
- Increased safety and lower emissions provided in newer products
- AW139 emerging as leader in intermediate-twin segment
- Design imperatives of increased safety and reduced emissions
- Increasing demand for safety of twin engines in urban operations
- Increasing demand for lower noise and exhaust emissions
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- Industry relationships
- Bell still experiencing difficulties created by ARH-70, UH-1Y, AH-1Z
- Eurocopter only bidder for Romanian helicopter manufacturer
- Sikorsky new owner of Polish helicopter manufacturer PZL Mielec
- Expanding international manufacturing influence
- Chinese market expanding in parallel with military demand
- Russian civil sales dwarfed by demand for its military products, both
in national and export markets
- HAL products will have increasing impact on international markets
- Tiltrotor market still to be proven
- BA609 certification continuing; first 2 years of production sold
- Sikorsky’s X-2 project delayed, but will offer alternative approach to
high-speed rotorcraft
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- 8,943 new military rotorcraft or engine upgrades
- Significant growth of about 7% annually until 2012 to meet both new
requirements and replacements
- Rotorcraft value of about $120 billion
- Engine value of $11.4 billion
- Engine support business value of $51.3 billion
- Market demand led by medium and medium-heavy twins, but with big
increase in heavy lift rotorcraft
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- Major program selections announced in 2006
- US Air Force CSAR-X (HH-47)
- US Army LUH program (EC UH-72A)
- The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) (Future Lynx)
- Indian Army and Air Force (Mil Mi-17V5)
- Brazil (Mil Mi-17)
- Russia (Mil Mi-28N)
- Netherlands Air Force (CH-47F)
- Imminent selection decisions
- India, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE, UK
- New programs making first production deliveries
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- Next generation heavylift rotorcraft
- USMC MV-22 now in full-rate production
- Foreign interest growing in export version of MV-22
- USMC CH-53K now in development – some interest from Europe in joining
program to meet French/German HTH requirement
- Major boost to Boeing CH-47 project after selection for CSAR-X
- First reports due in 2007/8 from US DoD JHL study contracts
- Turbine VTUAV market developing
- Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout started production Jan 07 for first
12 aircraft
- First prototype Bell TR918 Eagle Eye crashed during flight test. Second aircraft is currently being
built
- Boeing A-160 Hummingbird flight test continuing
- Boeing MH/AH-6X Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) trials underway
- Retrofit market losing favour with major nations
- Most major programs now converted to new-build
- Still interest in smaller nation programs i.e.AH-64 in UAE, Saudi
Arabia; SA330 in UAE
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- International industry relationships
- Russia establishing manufacturing and training facilities in Mexico
- European OEMs have achieved substantial sales to US DoD through US
partner companies (UH-72A, VH-71)
- Eurocopter to become owner of Romanian helicopter industry
- Spain is establishing helicopter production facilities
- Europe still considering joint HTH project with US DoD
- China, Russia and India becoming more influential players
- Russian helicopter industry consolidating and achieving substantial
export sales in absence of home demand
- China developing wide range of new indigenous programs, while
continuing to expand transport fleet with Mil Mi-17
- Indian aerospace industry seeking industrial partnerships to produce
new helicopters for three Services
- Development of industrial infrastructure in Middle East nations
- New rotorcraft programs in Middle East countries now require industrial
offset to feed indigenous aerospace industries
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- Civil markets
- Single and light twins will head the market, with increasing numbers of
new large twins to meet increased offshore oil demand and replace aging
S-61s/SA330
- Annual demand will remain generally constant
- Emerging markets creating new demand (Russia, India, China)
- Military markets
- Demand for military rotorcraft will increase steadily until 2012 then
subside quickly to a more sustainable level
- Continuing move away from single-engine aircraft, with development and
production emphasis on medium and heavy helicopters to meet future
operational needs
- Continuing demand for improved ‘Hot & High’ performance
- China, Russia and India becoming more influential players
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- George McLaren
- Senior Communications Manager
- (317) 230-8260; mobile, (317) 366-9624
- Email: george.h.mclaren@rolls-royce.com
- Matt Haugk
- Director, Marketing & Strategy
- (317) 230-3883
- Email: matthew.p.haugk@rolls-royce.com
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