1935−1941
Rolls-Royce supplied Kestrel engines for Short Singapore III flying boats deployed by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) for long-range open sea reconnaissance and patrols. The Short Singapore III was deemed as “one of the most successful flying boats in RAF service”.
Late 1940s
Rolls-Royce supplied Merlin engines to the RAF’s and de Havilland Mosquitoes combat aircraft
1950
Rolls-Royce established a representative office and product and services offerings. These included the Rolls-Royce Dart Turboprop engines, which powered five Fokker 27 Friendships, aircrafts of the then Malayan Airlines
1974
Established Rolls-Royce Solutions Asia, which provides mtu-brand power solutions and service support for ships, rail vehicles, mining
1995
Singapore Airlines (SIA) placed what was at the time the largest order in the company's history for the supply of Trent 800 engines to power its fleet of Boeing 777. This was the start of SIA’s long-standing relationship with Rolls-Royce.
2001
Opening of Singapore Aero Engine Services Private Limited (SAESL), a joint venture with SIA Engineering Corporation (SIAEC), for aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services. Today, SAESL is an Approved Maintenance Centre and a centre of excellence for Trent engine repair and overhaul.
2012
Official opening of Seletar Campus in Seletar Aerospace Park by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in February. This is a 154,000 square metre estate housing manufacturing operations, engine test facility, training centre and technology labs.
2015
Launch of the Civil Aerospace Asia Pacific Customer Service Centre – hubbed in the Seletar Campus – to support airline customers in the region.
2016
Installation of solar panels at Seletar Campus, the first Rolls-Royce site in the world to do so.
2017
Launch of Smart Manufacturing Joint Lab, in collaboration with ARTC and SAESL. The joint lab develops next-generation aerospace manufacturing and MRO capabilities enabled by advanced processes, automation and digital technologies.
2018
Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF)’s new fleet of Rolls-Royce-powered Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft entered into service, powered by the Trent 700 engine.
2020
Launch of Yocova, an online data exchange and collaboration platform, allowing aviation professionals to connect and use a variety of data sources & applications in an open and secure environment. SIA was Yocova’s first major industry participant.
2022
Key partner of the Science Film Festival in five South East Asia countries, including Singapore, reaching over 600,000 children and young people. We continued this partnership into 2023.
2023
Named among the top five employers in Singapore’s Best Employers Award 2023 by The Straits Times and Statista. This was the second consecutive year that Rolls-Royce made it to the top 10 of the list.