The power of data and partnership

The power of data

Every business should consider itself a digital business. In today’s connected world, data is an essential resource that empowers operations across all sectors.

From the conception of our products, through to their manufacture and deployment in the field, we are using data to drive new levels of performance at Rolls-Royce.

Enabled by advancements in digital technologies and data analytics, we are gearing our entire business to better support customers in doing more with less.

  • Our data experts today analyse billions of data points per flight
  • Current generations of aircraft collect 10,000 times more data than 1990s or early 2000s era aircraft. Our next generation of aircraft is increasing this by another order of magnitude
  • Our pioneering industrial data services underpin £3.5Bn p.a. revenue
  • Our Equipment Health Management service detects 97% of issues automatically
  • Customer disruption has been reduced by 40% since 2005
  • Our efficiency data experts analyse 3 million flight sectors per year
  • This represents around 28% of airlines’ global routes, and underpins 100,000 tonnes of fuel saving for our airline customers – that’s enough fuel for a 747 to fly to the moon and back, 13 times

Over the last three decades, the insights extracted from data have allowed us to innovate and introduce the ground-breaking products and services that have forever changed the industries we serve.

Over the last three decades, the insights extracted from data have allowed us to innovate and introduce the ground-breaking products and services that have forever changed the industries we serve.

Today, we are using data to bring together our products, services and digital capability to realise the IntelligentEngine; our vision for the future of aircraft power. The IntelligentEngine is delivering another step change in the reliability and efficiency we can offer our customers through the development of engines that are increasingly Connected, Contextually Aware, and Comprehending. By continually learning from each other and their broader operational environment, they will be self-improving and reach new levels of performance.

The power of partnership

We know that being even more innovative and adaptive means developing partnerships. So, sitting at the heart of our vision for the digital age is a collaborative approach to data innovation.

The creation of an ecosystem of partners sets us apart and makes the work we do with data exponentially more powerful.

By working with us, customers get the reliability and expertise they have come to expect from Rolls-Royce, but also the best thinking and technology via R2 Data Labs and its wider community of innovators.

Our diverse partner ecosystem includes innovative start-ups, OEM partners, academics and a broad range of other trusted third parties. This means we can take advantage of the best technologies available on the market, and quickly respond to the developing needs of our customers.

From undertaking research into Industrial Artificial Intelligence with The Alan Turing Institute, supporting start-up accelerators like IoT Tribe, Seraphim Space Camp and Startupbootcamp, to our programme of Hackathons, we are on a mission to mine new levels of insight and value from data.