We are working on familiarising our Naval defence stakeholders in India with the capabilities of the mighty MT30 marine gas turbine. With a growing demand for power across the world’s navies, the MT30 is the world’s most power-dense in-service marine gas turbine and is rightly finding favour with navies across the world.
Derived from the Trent aero engine family, the MT30 has several technological advantages contributing to its success, not least its aerospace heritage. It gives navies more power in less machinery space than alternative engine types, and offers ship designers much more options and flexibility in designing the naval vessels of tomorrow. The MT30 also supports the ‘lean manning’ concept by virtue of its ultra-low on-board maintenance requirement. Developed as futuristic technology and to meet the growing demand for electrical power, the MT30 has been selected in all conceivable propulsion arrangements across seven ship types – mechanical, hybrid and integrated full electric, with power delivered to water-jets, controllable and fixed-pitch propellers, depending on application.
Chosen to power the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Freedom more than twelve years ago, the MT30 has become the engine of choice for some of the world’s most advanced naval platforms, including the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carriers and Type 26 Global Combat Ship plus variants, the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Freedom Class variant and DDG-1000 advanced destroyers, Republic of Korea Navy’s FFX-Batch II frigate, the Japanese Maritime Defence Force’s 30FFM frigate and the Italian Navy’s new Landing Helicopter Dock. We look forward to expanding our partnership with India through our advanced technology platforms as well as customized power solutions.
Trusted and demonstrated partners in progress, cutting edge global products and emerging Indian naval defence priorities make the MT30 an ideal product of choice for the Indian Navy, going into the 21st century. Rolls-Royce is firmly committed to provide the power to protect India through meeting the power and efficiency requirements of the Indian Navy with customised advanced technology productsand in-country partnerships.