Defence
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has successfully completed Short Take Off, Vertical Landing (STOVL) testing on an F136 engine at the state-of-the-art GE testing facility at Peebles, Ohio.
Civil
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Rolls-Royce said today that it had reached an agreement with Asiana Airlines of South Korea to supply Trent XWB engines for 30 firm and 10 option Airbus A350 XWB aircraft. Asiana will be the first Korean customer for the Trent aero engine.
Defence
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Metaltec Precision International, based in Victoria, Australia, has been awarded an AU$2 million contract to manufacture assembly tooling for the engine that will power the world’s most advanced combat aircraft, the F-35 Lightning II.
Civil
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Rolls-Royce has begun testing Trent 1000 development engines at the facilities of programme partner Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) in Akashi, Japan.
Defence
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Rolls-Royce has signed a nine-year, $900 million agreement with Alenia Aeronautica to be the exclusive propulsion system provider for the C-27J Spartan medium-lift transport aircraft.
Marine
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Rolls-Royce has won £84 million of contracts to supply propulsion equipment for offshore vessels being built in China and Korea.
Civil
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Qatar Airways has signed a long-term TotalCare® agreement to support its fleet of four Rolls-Royce Trent 500-powered Airbus A340-600s and one VIP-configured Airbus A340-500.
Civil
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Rolls-Royce has increased the strength of its future aftermarket revenues and extended its customer service offering, as a result of agreements reached at Farnborough Airshow this week.
Civil
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Rolls-Royce and Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), the business development and investment company located in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, today announced the launch of a new joint venture company to serve the rapidly expanding Middle East aviation services market.
Defence
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Rolls-Royce has been selected to power a new UK Ministry of Defence Unmanned Autonomous System (UAS). The Mantis Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator programme will help inform the UK’s future UAS capability.