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Left to right: Tony Hancock, Rolls-Royce; David King, Asia Pacific Aerospace; Keith Stringer, Keystone Turbine Services; Silvana Calleja, Essential Turbines – Malta; Raymond Franczuk, Vector Aerospace; Scott Cunningham, Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce (LSE: RR., ADR: RYCEY) announced winners for their FIRST Network™ Quality Awards yesterday at VERTICON 2026, the world's largest vertical aviation conference and trade show. The following members were honored for their exceptional performance across four key categories: Best in Class, FIRST Class Service, Outstanding Partnership and Trusted to Deliver Excellence.

Best in Class – Keystone Turbine Services

Represents the company recognized for standing out amongst their peers. A team commonly identified by Rolls-Royce and operators as a preferred maintenance provider; enjoyable to work with, committed to serving the market, and continually performing above expectations.

FIRST Class Service – Essential Turbines-Malta

Given annually to the company that consistently goes above and beyond to meet their customers’ needs. A team that continually demonstrates a ‘can-do’ mindset; proactively works with their customers to overcome challenges, anticipates their needs, and implements creative solutions to keep their customers in the air.

Outstanding Partnership – VECTOR a StandardAero Company

This award recognizes the company that is an enabling partner and integral to the overall success of the Rolls-Royce FIRST Network. This team is critical to market success by consistently developing innovative and cost-effective capabilities to support the operator, the FIRST Network, and Rolls-Royce.

Trusted to Deliver Excellence – Asia Pacific Aerospace

Recognizes the company identified for consistently delivering on promises.  A team that performs in accordance with a ‘promises made, promises kept’ mindset and continually goes out of their way to ensure performance matches their commitments while being counted on to deliver quality every time.

Anthony Hancock, Rolls-Royce FIRST Network Manager, said:

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Our FIRST Network Quality Awards celebrate the gold standard in helicopter engine maintenance. We’re honored to spotlight this year’s winners for upholding the world-class reliability and service that define Rolls-Royce.”

With more than 16,000 turboshaft and turboprop engines in service and 4,500 customers worldwide, the Rolls-Royce FIRST Network provides M250 and RR300 operators a global network of authorized MRO service centers.

The FIRST Network includes more than 30 approved, licensed service centers, and its competitive structure means operators can find affordable and reliable service anywhere for Rolls-Royce M250 or RR300 engines.

The proven Rolls-Royce M250 and RR300 engines have powered more than 275 million flight hours of dependable service around the world. To date, more than 33,000 of these workhorse engines have been delivered to the marketplace.

Rolls-Royce North America

North America is the single largest market for Rolls-Royce and plays a significant role in our Civil, Defense and Power Systems businesses.

All Rolls-Royce M250 and RR300 engines are designed, engineered, manufactured and assembled in Indianapolis, Indiana – our largest facility in the region. Other major sites in the region include Aiken, South Carolina, Mankato, Minnesota and Savannah, Georgia.

Over the past decade, Rolls-Royce North America has invested more than $1.5 billion in technology enhancements, facility upgrades and test capabilities in the United States.

In country, Rolls-Royce employs more than 5,000 people and supports hundreds of American suppliers in 34 locations across 26 states. Rolls-Royce operations contributed $6.2 billion to the U.S. economy in 2024.

About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
  1. Rolls-Royce is a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. Our products and service packages help our customers meet the growing need for power across multiple industries; enable governments to equip their armed forces with the power required to protect their citizens; and connect people, societies, cultures and economies together.
  2. In the U.S., Rolls-Royce employs more than 5,000 people and supports hundreds of American suppliers in 34 locations across 26 states. Operations contributed $6.2 billion to the U.S. economy in 2024.
  3. Rolls-Royce has a local presence in 47 countries and customers in over a hundred more, including airlines and aircraft leasing companies, armed forces and navies, and marine and industrial customers.
  4. Through our multi-year transformation program, we are building a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing Rolls-Royce. We are building the financial capacity and agility to allow us to successfully develop and deliver the products that will support our customers through the energy transition.
  5. Annual underlying revenue was $27.05 billion in 2025, and underlying operating profit was $4.7 billion.
  6. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a publicly traded company (LSE: RR., ADR: RYCEY, LEI: 213800EC7997ZBLZJH69)

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