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Rolls-Royce wins contract to improve Type-23 engines

Maritime July 12, 2019

Rolls-Royce has won an £85million contract to improve Type-23 engines and support Spey gas turbines. The contract includes the improvement of Type-23 engines form the UK as well as NATO partners Belgium, Portugal, and the Netherlands. The Spey gas turbines help with propulsion as well as anti-submarine measures. The contract is expected ...

Rolls-Royce wins contract for Maltese propulsion package

Maritime March 19, 2019

Rolls-Royce has secured a contract for a marine propulsion package for the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM). The propulsion package will power a new Offshore Patrol Vessel being constructed by Italian shipbuilders Cantiere Navale Vittoria. Rolls-Royce will supply PROMAS controllable pitch propellers and rudders, SC722 FCP steering gear, a TT1300 bow ...

MOD announce £235 Million Submarine Nuclear Propulsion deal

Maritime March 1, 2019

The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced details of £235 million contract award to support nuclear propulsion systems and revealed the name of the third Dreadnought submarine. The multi-million-pound deal with Rolls-Royce Submarines Limited will sustain around 500 UK jobs and provide the support, advice and material required to ensure the ...

Defence Minister visit marks opening of Rolls Royce’s F-35 Liftworks facility

Air September 20, 2018

Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has opened a new state-of-the-art facility that manufactures unique vertical lift technology for the F-35 fighter jets. The ‘LiftWorks’ facility, which has opened at Rolls-Royce in Bristol, makes the ‘LiftSystem’ to provide F-35 fighter jets with a fan propulsion system that allows them to take off over ...