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Rolls-Royce – Powering North America

Rolls-Royce is one of the world's preeminent manufacturers of highly-efficient integrated power and propulsion solutions. Our power systems are used in aerospace, marine, energy and off-highway applications. In the United States, Rolls-Royce employs nearly 6,000 people with significant operations in 27 states. In Canada, we employ over 1,000 people across six provinces.

Rolls-Royce products and services support key customers across the United States including the US Department of Defense, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Bell, Gulfstream, and major commercial airline providers such as American Airlines, United, and Delta.

Rolls-Royce has developed extensive and highly competitive design, certification, manufacturing, test, assembly, support and overhaul capabilities in the US.

To date, we’ve invested nearly $2 billion in the US and support more than 52,000 American jobs through our supply chain adding $9 billion to the US economy.

LibertyWorks

Innovating for Freedom. Everyday.

Based in our Indianapolis facility, the cross-disciplinary teams of our LibertyWorks division are developing solutions that cover everything from advanced VTOL technology to Mach 5 flight to thermal and power management systems for directed energy. We are constantly innovating, solving challenges and creating solutions to meet their diverse needs.

Find out more about our LibertyWorks division

F130 for B-52

Proven. Efficient. Modern

The proven BR700 family of business jet engines, with over 25 million flight hours, provides an outstanding foundation for the B-52 Re-Engine Program. BR700 series engines, with the US Air Force designation of F130, are already powering both the C-37 and E-11 BACN aircraft. In service around the world, these engines have proven outstanding reliability and efficiency.

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Washington, D.C.

Rolls-Royce North America Headquarters

The Rolls-Royce North America headquarters is located in Reston, Virginia, just outside the Nation's Capital. The site provides management direction for all Rolls-Royce businesses and operations in the US and Canada, and houses Rolls-Royce North America corporate support functions, including finance, human resources, legal, government relations and corporate communications. Reston is also the worldwide headquarters for the Rolls-Royce Defense and Corporate & Regional Aircraft businesses.

Rolls-Royce North America
1900 Reston Metro Plaza
Suite 400
Reston, VA 20190

Tel: +1 (703) 834-1700

Indianapolis

Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana

Rolls-Royce has become a leading industry supplier in the U.S. with a significant and growing presence. Today, more Rolls-Royce products are built in Indianapolis than anywhere else in the world. Approximately 4,000 employees work in Indianapolis in manufacturing, assembly, test, engineering and a variety of staff support roles.

Indianapolis businesses includes: Defense, LibertyWorks, Civil Small & Medium Engines, Marine and Helicopters.

Rolls-Royce Corporation
450 S. Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46225-1103
Tel: +1 (317) 230-2000

Pascagoula

Pascagoula is a fully integrated marine propeller and waterjet manufacturing facility. It is responsible for production of controllable pitch propeller blades and hub body castings, large fixed-pitch propellers, fairwater cones and waterjets for the U.S. Navy.

Featuring one of only two foundries in the country qualified to cast propellers for the U.S. Navy surface and submarine fleet, the facility also produces waterjet components for the U.S. Navy’s Freedom Class of Littoral Combat Ships.

Having joined the Rolls-Royce family in 1999 from the Bird Johnson company, the 80,000 sq ft facility has an impressive capacity. This includes three natural gas reverberatory furnaces, five electric induction furnaces and a 5-axis machining center with a 30-foot table for milling the largest propellers.

Run by a highly skilled workforce of foundry technicians, machinists, finishers, welders, inspectors and manufacturing engineers, the facility provides critical support to the U.S. Navy.

With 95% of the commissioned U.S. Navy surface fleet equipped with Rolls-Royce propellers we can truly say that our Pascagoula facility is providing the power that matters to our customer.

Rolls-Royce Power Systems/MTU America

MTU America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Germany’s Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG. In the US, MTU America has major facilities in Novi, Michigan (regional headquarters); manufacturing operations in Aiken, South Carolina; MTU Onsite Energy in Mankato, Minnesota; and training, distribution and services centers throughout North America.

Under the MTU brand, Rolls-Royce Power Systems markets large high-speed engines and propulsion systems for ships, for heavy land, rail and defense vehicles, and for the oil and gas industry. The product portfolio for distributed energy systems, which are marketed under the MTU Onsite Energy brand, includes diesel gensets for emergency, base load and peak load applications, in addition to cogeneration plants for the generation of combined heat and power based on gas engines and/or gas turbines.

For more information please see our MTU America website:

http://www.mtu-online.com/mtu-northamerica/mtu/mtu-in-north-america

Walpole

Rolls-Royce Defence provides power and propulsion systems for Naval and Coast Guard applications across the globe. In Walpole Massachusetts, our 130 employees have a unique capability, delivering key ship propulsor systems including Controllable-Pitch Propellers (CPP), Fixed-Pitch Propellers and Waterjets.

Our talented team in Walpole have been responsible for the manufacture, assembly and test of world-class equipment for more than 50 years. From design and development through aftermarket support and product servicing we provide the power that matters for our customers across a broad range of applications.

We support navies worldwide, including our largest customer, the US Navy. With our product and service offerings found on over 95% of the US Navy’s surface warfare fleet we provide fleet maintenance and field service support to a wide range of platforms. This includes Frigates, Destroyers, Aircraft Carriers, Amphibious ships, Combatants, Fleet Support and Auxiliary Ships as well as US Coast Guard Cutters.

Our leading technologies ensure the products we provide meet stringent US Navy military specification requirements, something that very few organizations can do. Looking to the future, we are excited by the prospect of developing and delivering propulsion systems for the next generation of Naval vessels including unmanned autonomous ships.

Rolls-Royce in Canada

In Canada, Rolls-Royce is recognized for its expertise in both engineering and repair & overhaul in the Aerospace industry. We are a diversified aero and industrial engine company employing 1,400 people at facilities in Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver, British Columbia. These facilities serve more than 600 operators in 30 countries worldwide, with customers that include airlines, corporate operators and government bodies. The Montreal facility is the largest of seven Rolls-Royce Canadian sites. Its capabilities include repair & overhaul on civil and military aero engines, with over 5,000 engines serviced to date.

Rolls-Royce Peterborough

Peterborough, Ontario is home to the Rolls-Royce Canada Naval Handling Centre of Excellence. Our cross functional team support Defence customers around the globe, including: Australia, Canada, Israel. Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States.

From cable handling equipment to launch and recovery systems to undersea sensors and systems, we design and deliver worldclass products and services that meet the needs of Navies worldwide.

Examples of our capability in service today include the MultiFunction Towed Array (MFTA) Sonar Handling System for the US Navy’s DDG 1000 Zumwalt-Class Destroyer and the OK-410 MFTA Handling System for the US Navy’s DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-Class Guided Missile Destroyer. Looking to the future our team is designing and developing the unique Mission Bay Handling System for the UK Royal Navy’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship; a key growth opportunity for Defence.