Rolls-Royce in the US

Rolls-Royce has become a leading industry supplier in the US with a significant and growing presence. Today, more Rolls-Royce products are built in the US than anywhere else in the world.

For over 100 years, Rolls-Royce has had a presence in the US. From the opening of its first US office in 1906, the company has evolved into the industry leader it is today.

Rolls-Royce North America Inc. in Reston, Virginia, is the company's regional corporate headquarters, providing management direction and corporate support for all Rolls-Royce businesses and operations in the region, encompassing more than 7,000 employees at 66 locations across the US and Canada.

The company supports a wide range of customers in the region including civil and military aircraft manufacturers, commercial airlines, corporate and regional operators, public utilities, independent power producers, pipeline operators and on-and-off short oil producers to name a few.

The US is home to several of the company's global businesses including Rolls-Royce Energy Systems Inc. in Ohio, and Rolls-Royce Helicopters in Indianapolis, Indiana. Other major Rolls-Royce businesses in the US include: Defense North America and LibertyWorks™, both in Indiana; Rolls-Royce Naval Marine Inc. in Massachusetts; Rolls-Royce Engine Services - Oakland in California; and Optimized Systems & Solutions LLC, in Virginia.

Rolls-Royce capabilities in the region cover: R&D, design, engineering, manufacture, assembly, test, repair and overhaul of advanced gas turbine engines and components, marine propulsion and shoplift systems, oil and gas pipeline pumping and power generation packages performed at 12 principal facilities across the US and Canada. The company's largest manufacturing site outside the UK is in Indiana.

In 2007, Rolls-Royce opened its newest site in the region, the Rolls-Royce Outdoor Jet Engine Testing Facility, located on NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. This site, one of three such sites in the world, conducts specialist development engine testing including noise, crosswind, thrust reverse, cyclic and endurance testing on all current Rolls-Royce engine types.

In 2009, Rolls-Royce expects to break ground at Crosspointe, a new aerospace facility located on 1,000 acres in Prince George County, Virginia, just south of Richmond. Crosspointe is expected to provide manufacture, assemble and test of a range of aerospace components and products. It is the first Rolls-Royce site of its kind and once complete, will be the company's largest site by area in North America.