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Rolls-Royce Helicopter
Overview and 10-year Forecast 2007-2016
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Agenda
  • Introduction
  • Total rotorcraft forecast 2007 to 2016 – Summary
  • Turbine powered rotorcraft forecast 2007-2016:  Phasing
  • Turbine rotorcraft forecast:  Civil market
    • Market drivers
  • Turbine rotorcraft forecast:  Military market
    • Market drivers
  • Forecast conclusions
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Rotorcraft market forecast 2007 to 2016: Introduction
  • 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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Total rotorcraft forecast 2007 to 2016 – Summary
  • 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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Turbine powered rotorcraft forecast 2007-2016:  Phasing
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Rotorcraft sales by engine size (shp)
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Turbine rotorcraft forecast:  Civil market
  • 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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Civil turbine rotorcraft market:  Overview
  • 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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Civil turbine rotorcraft:  Market drivers
  • 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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Civil turbine rotorcraft:  Market drivers (cont.)
  • 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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Military rotorcraft sales by engine power
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Rotorcraft turbine engine sales by engine size
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Rotorcraft turbine engine sales by value
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Turbine rotorcraft forecast:  Military market
  • 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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Military turbine rotorcraft market:  Overview
  • 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
    • NHI NH90
    • Mil Mi-28N
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Military turbine rotorcraft:  Market drivers
  • 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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Military turbine rotorcraft:  Market drivers (cont.)
  • 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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Forecast conclusions
  • 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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  • Director, Marketing & Strategy
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