2008

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Marine
Thursday, 15 May 2008
Rolls-Royce today formally opened its marine service facility in Mumbai to support the growing shipping industry in India.
Civil
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Rolls-Royce, the world’s leading engine supplier for business jets, has successfully completed the first run of its BR725 engine at its facility in Dahlewitz, Germany. The selection of the engine to power the new Gulfstream G650 aircraft was announced last month.
Marine
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Rolls-Royce has been selected to design a research vessel to carry out significant environmental research at both the North and South Poles.
Investors
Thursday, 3 April 2008
During the first quarter of 2008, Rolls-Royce demonstrated the value of its broad portfolio and of its consistent strategy of investing in technology and capability and access to global markets.
Civil
Thursday, 3 April 2008
Rolls-Royce announced today that Sichuan Airlines has chosen Trent 700 engines to power its fleet of three leased Airbus A330-200 twinjets from AerCap. The order includes a long term TotalCare® services agreement.
Energy
Monday, 31 March 2008
Rolls-Royce has received two new contracts from paper manufacturers in Spain and Portugal for RB211 aero-derivative gas turbine-powered electrical generating sets to be used in co-generation plants. The units are also covered by ten-year TotalCare® service agreements.
Defence
Thursday, 27 March 2008
Rolls-Royce welcomes the Ministry of Defence’s award of the £13 billion contract to the AirTanker consortium for the UK’s Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) Private Finance Initiative programme.
Energy
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Rolls-Royce today announced a new order from the Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, for an additional four gas turbine power generation packages valued at $73 million for use on a new offshore platform.
Defence
Thursday, 20 March 2008
The GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team has successfully completed a high-altitude afterburner testing program at the US Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tennessee, including common exhaust hardware for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft.
Marine
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
Rolls-Royce, a world-leading provider of marine power systems and services, today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) in Hanoi.