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DPRTE Engage partner Rolls-Royce to invest in upgrade to company’s Naval facility

Maritime August 18, 2020

DPRTE Engage 2020 partner, Rolls-Royce, and the Defense Production Act Title III office will invest millions of dollars to upgrade the company’s capability and capacity for US Navy ship propulsion components in its facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The DPA Title III office has already agreed to invest $22 million for equipment, ...

International collaboration on Future Combat Air capability moves significant step forward

Air August 3, 2020

UK, Sweden and Italy have begun trilateral industry discussions to strengthen collaboration between the three nations, as they develop world-leading future combat air capability. The new trilateral framework, sees industry from the three nations bringing together their skills and expertise in the Combat Air sector to collaborate on the research and ...

Rolls-Royce acquires Kinolt as uninterruptible power supply market expected to grow

Land July 9, 2020

Rolls-Royce has acquired Kinolt, the Belgian specialist for dynamic, uninterruptible power supply. Kinolt will become part of Rolls-Royce’s Power Systems business unit and its MTU product and solutions brand. This uninterruptible power supply market has remained a growth area during the Covid-19 pandemic and is expected to grow in the coming ...

Rolls-Royce secures US Navy contracts totalling $115.6 million

Maritime July 7, 2020

Rolls-Royce has secured agreements with the US Navy for ship engines, propulsion components and services valued at up to $115.6 million. The engine contract, for $34.4 million, is a follow-on production agreement for 16 new MT7 gas-turbine engines for Navy Ship-to-Shore Connector Landing Craft. Rolls-Royce is the exclusive provider of gas-turbine ...