2009

Rolls-Royce designed vessel named ‘Ship of the Year’ for the second year running

An offshore vessel, designed and equipped by Rolls-Royce, has today been named Skipsrevyen ‘Ship of the Year’ at the Nor-Shipping industry event in Oslo, Norway.

Rolls-Royce formally opened its new North American headquarters for On-Wing Care™ today.

GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team launches path to flight test

Evendale, Ohio, US – May 27, 2009 - The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has launched its flight clearance certification review, a process that will prepare the F136 engine for flight testing over the next several months.

First Trent 60 gas turbines in the United States achieve successful start-up

The first three Rolls-Royce Trent 60 gas turbines installed in the United States have successfully achieved “first fire” start-up.  The units are located at two electric power stations in the cities of Lowell and Braintree, Massachusetts, near Boston.

Rolls-Royce wins €70 million Trent contract to power German power station

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a €70 million contract by RWE, Germany’s largest electrical supplier, for four Trent 60 generating sets to replace 1970’s technology gas turbines at the Emsland combined cycle power station.

Rolls-Royce awarded $80 million contract for C-130J engine

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded a contract worth $80 million by the U.S. Air Force to provide AE 2100D3 spare engines and parts to power Lockheed Martin C-130J military transport aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, the Royal Norwegian Air Force and the Indian Air Force.

Rolls-Royce is the most popular engineering graduate recruiter

Rolls-Royce has been voted the ‘Most Popular Graduate Recruiter - Engineering, Design and Manufacturing’ in the UK as part of ‘TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards 2009’. The awards were chosen from an online poll of students, which generated over 87,000 responses.

Rolls-Royce marine technology enables deep sea oil exploration off the coast of Brazil

Rolls-Royce has secured a £38 million contract to supply a newly-developed anchor handling system that will enable floating oil platforms to be secured to the seabed in the extreme depths off the coast of Brazil.

Rolls-Royce secures £75 million contract to support Malaysian Adour fleet

Rolls-Royce has signed a £75 million MissionCare™ contract with the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to support the Adour engines which power its fleet of Hawk aircraft.

Brazilian offshore operator expands its fleet of Rolls-Royce vessels

CBO (Companhia Brasileira de Offshore) has purchased two further Rolls-Royce offshore vessel design and equipment systems in a £13 million order.

Rolls-Royce, The University of Virginia and Virginia Tech create research and technology center of excellence

Reston, VA – Rolls-Royce has partnered with the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech to create the Commonwealth Center for Aerospace Propulsion Systems (CCAPS), a virtual research and technology center of excellence.

AGM and Interim management statement

Rolls-Royce Group plc is today holding its 2009 Annual General Meeting at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London.

Rolls-Royce trainees hand 'engine room' over to vocational school

Together with their instructors and other representatives of Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce trainees today handed over the 'engine room' they had designed to the Dahme- Spreewald Technical College (DSTC) in Schönefeld.

Rolls-Royce awarded $106 million MissionCare™ contract for KC-130J engine support to U.S. Marine Corps

Rolls-Royce has announced a $106 million MissionCare™ contract with U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide support for Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3-powered KC-130J tanker aircraft

Rolls-Royce to power Saudi Arabian Airlines in deal worth up to $900M

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, will power Saudi Arabian Airlines aircraft in an order worth up to US$900m at list prices. The contract will include a long-term service agreement.