Rolls-Royce Group plc
Type	Public (LSE: RR.)
Founded	1906 (as Rolls-Royce Limited) 1987 (privatised as plc)
Headquarters	Derby, England, UK
Key people	Simon Robertson (Chairman) Sir John Rose (CEO)
Industry	Aerospace & Defence
Products	Civil & military aero engines Marine propulsion systems Power generation equipment
Revenue	▲ £7,435 million (2007)
Operating income	▲ £514 million (2007)
Net income	▲ £600 million (2007)
Employees	38,000 (2007)
Website	www.rolls-royce.com

Rolls-Royce plc (LSE: RR.) is a British aircraft engine maker, and the second-largest in the world, behind General Electric Aviation. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a Stock exchange located in London, England. For the present day company see Rolls-Royce plc. For other uses see Rolls-Royce (disambiguation. Derby (pronounced "dar-bee" /dˈɑːbɪ/ is a city in the East Midlands of England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Sir John Rose is the Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce plc. He joined the company in 1984 and held a number of leadership roles For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" This article is about the field of research and industry for the corporation see The Aerospace Corporation Aerospace comprises the A defense contractor (or defence contractor, also sometimes called a military contractor) is a Business organization or individual that provides products In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency In financial and business Accounting, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT is a measure of a firm's profitability that excludes interest and income tax expenses The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency Net income is equal to the Income that a firm has after subtracting costs and Expenses from the total Revenue. The Pound Sterling ( symbol £; ISO code: GBP) subdivided into 100 pence (singular penny) is the Currency Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A Public Limited Company ( PLC, plc or plc or p l c is a type of Limited company in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland which is The London Stock Exchange or LSE is a Stock exchange located in London, England. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An aircraft engine is a Propulsion system for an Aircraft. Aircraft engines are almost always a type of lightweight Internal combustion engine. GE Aviation, a subsidiary of General Electric, is headquartered in Evendale Ohio (a Cincinnati suburb The company has related businesses in the defence aerospace, marine and energy markets.

Rolls-Royce was nationalised in 1971, by which time aircraft engines had long been the most significant part of the business. For the present day company see Rolls-Royce plc. For other uses see Rolls-Royce (disambiguation. The automobile company was separated in 1973 and the present Rolls-Royce plc was re-privatised in 1987. Rolls-Royce is, through its defence aerospace division, the world's 16th largest defence contractor. A defense contractor (or defence contractor, also sometimes called a military contractor) is a Business organization or individual that provides products ^[1] Defence aerospace sales accounted for 21% of group sales in 2005, civil aerospace 53%, marine 17% and energy 8%. ^[2]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Nationalisation & separation 1.2 Privatisation & expansion 1.3 Allison acquisition 1.4 1999 acquisitions 1.5 Recent events 2 Current operations 2.1 Civil Aerospace 2.1.1 Airliners 2.1.2 Regional aircraft 2.1.3 Helicopters 2.2 Defence Aerospace 2.2.1 Combat aircraft 2.2.2 Helicopters 2.2.3 Transport market 2.2.4 Trainer market 2.2.5 Tactical market 2.2.6 Unmanned aerial vehicle market 2.3 Marine 2.3.1 Gas turbines 2.3.2 Diesel engines 2.3.3 Propulsion 2.3.4 Submarine 2.3.5 Hydrodynamic Bearings 2.4 Energy - oil & gas 2.4.1 Gas turbines 2.4.2 Compressors 2.5 Energy - power generation 2.5.1 Gas turbines 2.5.2 Reciprocating engines 2.5.3 Distributed generation systems 3 Competitors 4 Bibliography 5 References 6 External links

History

Rolls-Royce Limited was founded in 1906 by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls, and produced its first aircraft engine in 1914. For the present day company see Rolls-Royce plc. For other uses see Rolls-Royce (disambiguation. Sir Frederick Henry Royce 1st Baronet, OBE (27 March 1863 - 22 April 1933 was a pioneering car manufacturer who with Charles Stewart Rolls founded the The Honourable Charles Stewart Rolls ( August 27, 1877 - July 12, 1910) was together with Frederick Henry

Around half the aircraft engines used by the Allies in World War I were made by Rolls-Royce. In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All By the late 1920s, aero engines made up most of Rolls-Royce's business. Henry Royce's last design was the Merlin aero engine, which came out in 1935 although he had died in 1933. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This was a development subsequent to the R engine, which had powered a record-breaking Supermarine S6.B seaplane to almost 400mph in the 1931 Schneider Trophy. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer that become famous for producing a range of sea planes and the legendary Supermarine Spitfire fighter The Supermarine S6B was a racing seaplane developed by Reginald Mitchell for the Supermarine company in order to win the Schneider Trophy in 1931 A seaplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting on water The Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider " (commonly called Schneider Trophy, or prize or cup was a prize competition for Seaplanes Announced by The Merlin powered many World War II aircraft: the British Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, De Havilland Mosquito (twin-engined), Avro Lancaster (4-engine), Vickers Wellington (2-engine); it also transformed the American P-51 Mustang into one of the best fighters of its time, its Merlin engine built by Packard under licence. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout "Lanc" redirects here Distinguish from Lank (adjective and from Amon Lanc (a place in Tolkien's fiction WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Packard was an American luxury Automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation Over 160,000 Merlin engines were produced.

In the post-World War II period Rolls-Royce made significant advances in gas turbine engine design and manufacture. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a rotary Engine that extracts energy from a flow of Combustion gas The Dart and Tyne turboprop engines were particularly important, enabling airlines to cut journey times within several continents, whilst jet airliners were introduced on longer services. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout A turboprop engine is a type of aircraft powerplant that uses a Gas turbine engine to drive a Propeller. An airline provides air transport services for Passengers or Freight, generally with a recognized operating certificate or license A jet airliner, sometimes contracted to jetliner, is a passenger Airplane (passenger Aeroplane) that is powered by Jet engines. The Dart engine was used in Argosy, Avro 748 and its military variant the Andover, Friendship, Herald and Viscount aircraft, whilst the more powerful Tyne powered the Atlantic, Transall and the Vanguard. The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy was a British post-war military transport/cargo aircraft and was the last aircraft produced by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Handley Page Dart Herald was a 1950s British Turboprop passenger aircraft WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Many of these turboprops are still in service.

Rolls-Royce engines had traditionally borne numeric designations during development and then were assigned the name of a British river on delivery. The use of river names was introduced with the earliest Rolls jet engines to reflect their nature: a steady flow of power rather than the pulses of a piston engine. RB stands for "Rolls Barnoldswick", the latter a major ex-Rover facility bought by Rolls-Royce when it traded production of engines (the Rolls Royce Meteor) for production of the first Whittle engines. Barnoldswick (colloquially known as Barlick) is a town and Civil parish within the West Craven area of the Pendle district of Lancashire The Rover Company was a British Motor vehicle manufacturing company originating in Coventry in 1904 which moved to Solihull after World War II The Rolls-Royce Meteor (also sometimes known as the Rover Meteor) was a British Tank engine developed from the Rolls-Royce Merlin

Amongst the jet engines of this period was the [[Rolls-Royce auto-mobile which powers the Trident, BAC 1-11, Grumman Gulfstream II and Fokker F28. The Trident, model DH121 or HS121, was a British short/medium-range three-engined Airliner designed by De Havilland WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Military versions of the Spey powered the Buccaneer S2 for the RAF, the Phantom F4K and F4M, and the Nimrod. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Spey was licence built by Allison Engine Company as the TF41 for the A-7 Corsair II. The Allison Engine Company was a US Aircraft engine manufacturer which was acquired by Rolls-Royce plc in 1995 to become a subsidiary Rolls-Royce Corporation WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Other types of military engines produced in the second half of the 20th Century include the Avon and Viper; these engines powered many of the British Aircraft of this period. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

Also of this period was the Conway, a low (by today's standards) bypass ratio turbofan which was used on some Boeing 707s and Douglas DC-8s, and all Vickers VC10s as well as on the MkII variant of the Handley Page Victor bomber for the RAF. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout (and how to find a free use picture? WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Vickers VC10 is a British Airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft Ltd and first flown in 1962. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

During the late 1950s and '60s there was a significant rationalisation of the British aero-engine manufacturers, culminating in the merger of Rolls-Royce and Bristol Siddeley in 1966. Bristol Siddeley was a British aero-engine manufacturer formed in 1959 from the merger of Bristol Aero Engines and Armstrong Siddeley Motors. Bristol Siddeley, which had itself resulted from the merger of Armstrong Siddeley and Bristol in 1959, and with its principal factory at Filton, near Bristol, had a strong base in military engines, including the Olympus, which was chosen for Concorde. Armstrong Siddeley was a British engineering group that operated during the first half of the 20th century Filton is a town in South Gloucestershire, England, situated on the northern outskirts of the city of Bristol, about 4 Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

Nationalisation & separation

Having been selected as the sole engine supplier for the Lockheed L-1011 (TriStar), Rolls-Royce committed heavily to the RB211 engine, but its development was hampered by considerable problems and on February 4, 1971 Rolls-Royce went into administrative receivership. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a family of high-bypass Turbofan engines made by Rolls-Royce plc and capable of generating 37400 to 60600 pounds-force (166 Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Administrative receivership is a procedure in the United Kingdom whereby a creditor can enforce security against a company's assets in an effort to obtain To save the company, Edward Heath's government nationalised it. Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 &ndash 17 July 2005 often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Nationalization, also spelled nationalisation, is the act of taking an industry or assets into the Public ownership of a national government The automotive division was separated from the aircraft engine division in 1973 as Rolls-Royce Motors and sold to Vickers. Rolls-Royce Motors was created from the demerger of the Rolls-Royce car business from Rolls-Royce Limited in 1973 A side-effect of this affair was a change in accounting regulations to forbid the capitalisation of expenditure on research. This practise had resulted in Rolls Royce massively overstating its assets, thus disguising its financial difficulties until it was too late.

Privatisation & expansion

Rolls-Royce plc was privatised in 1987 under the government of Margaret Thatcher. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 The 1980s saw the introduction of a policy to offer an engine on every civil aircraft type, with the company's engines now powering 17 different airliners (and their variants) compared to General Electric's 14 and Pratt & Whitney's 10. Pratt & Whitney is an American Aircraft engine manufacturer of products widely used in both civil and military aircraft.

In 1988, Rolls-Royce acquired Northern Engineering Industries (NEI), a group of heavy engineering companies mainly associated with electrical generation and power management, based in the North East of England. Northern Engineering Industries plc was a British engineering firm which for over 10 years was one of the largest employers on Tyneside. North-East England is one of the nine official Regions of England and comprises the combined area of Northumberland, County Durham, Tyne and Wear The group included Clarke Chapman (Cranes), Reyrolle (now part of Siemens) and Parsons (now part of Siemens Steam turbines). Clarke Chapman is a British engineering firm which for many years was one of the largest employers on Tyneside. A Reyrolle & Company was a British engineering firm which for many years was one of the largest employers on Tyneside. CA Parsons and Company was a British engineering firm founded in 1889 by Charles Algernon Parsons to produce turbo-generators, his own invention The company was renamed Rolls Royce Industrial Power Group. It was sold off piecemeal over the next decade as the company re-focused on its core aero-engine operations following the recession of the early 1990s.

In 1990 BMW and Rolls-Royce established the BMW Rolls-Royce joint venture to produce the BR700 range of engines for regional and corporate jets, the most recent of which is the newly announced BR725. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1990: Events Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines, both in ( BMW) (Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer founded in 1916 Rolls-Royce Deutschland is a subsidiary of Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce plc with facilities at Dahlewitz outside Berlin and at Oberursel WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout BMW subsequently withdrew from the company, and Rolls-Royce took full control of it in 2000, renaming it Rolls-Royce Deutschland. ( BMW) (Bavarian Motor Works is an independent German automobile manufacturer founded in 1916 Rolls-Royce Deutschland is a subsidiary of Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce plc with facilities at Dahlewitz outside Berlin and at Oberursel

Allison acquisition

In November 1994 Rolls-Royce announced its intention to acquire the Allison Engine Company, an American manufacturer of gas turbines and components for aviation, industrial and marine engines. The Allison Engine Company was a US Aircraft engine manufacturer which was acquired by Rolls-Royce plc in 1995 to become a subsidiary Rolls-Royce Corporation Rolls-Royce had previously tried to buy the company when General Motors sold it in 1993, but GM opted for a management buyout instead. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Owing to Allison's involvement in classified and export restricted technology, the 1994 acquisition was subject to investigation to determine the national security implications. On 27 March 1995 the Department of Defense announced that the "deal between Allison Engine Co. and Rolls-Royce does not endanger national security. "[1] Rolls-Royce was, however, obliged to set up a proxy board to manage Allison and had also to set up a separate company, Allison Advanced Development Company, Inc., to manage classified programmes "that involve leading-edge technologies". A proxy board is a requirement imposed by the US Department of Defense 's Defense Security Service on foreign investors seeking to acquire certain American Rolls-Royce North American Technologies (known also as LibertyWorks) was established in 1995 as Allison Advanced Development Company Inc In 2000 this restriction was replaced by a more flexible Special Security Arrangement. A proxy board is a requirement imposed by the US Department of Defense 's Defense Security Service on foreign investors seeking to acquire certain American

The Allison acquisition brought four new engine types into the Rolls-Royce civil engine portfolio on seven platforms and several light aircraft applications. Allison is now known as Rolls-Royce Corporation, part of Rolls-Royce North America. Rolls-Royce Corporation is a major part of Rolls-Royce North America and was formerly the Allison Engine Company. Rolls-Royce North America is a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce plc involved principally in the manufacture of gas turbine engines and other propulsion systems

In 1996 Rolls-Royce and Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding specifiying the Trent 900 as the engine of choice for the then A3XX, now called the Airbus A380. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1996: Events February February 6 - Turkish charter company Airbus SAS (ˈɛərbʌs in English, Airbus2ogg|/ɛʁbys/]] in French, and /ˈɛːɐbʊs/ in German) is an aircraft manufacturing A memorandum of understanding ( MOU or MoU) is a Document describing a Bilateral or multilateral Agreement between parties WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

1999 acquisitions

Rolls-Royce spent £1. 063 billion on acquisitions in 1999. These were interests of Cooper Energy Services (with the effect of making the Cooper Rolls joint venture a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce), Vickers, National Airmotive Corporation and BMW's share of BMW Rolls-Royce. Vickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 2004 Rolls-Royce Deutschland is a subsidiary of Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce plc with facilities at Dahlewitz outside Berlin and at Oberursel

Rolls-Royce acquired Vickers plc for its marine businesses. Please refer to the overview article Vickers for other companies known by this name Vickers plc was the remainder of Vickers Armstrong Limited Vickers had expanded this part of its business in the period leading up to the purchase, acquiring Kamewa, a manufacturer of waterjets, in 1996, and Ulstein, a major marine propulsion and engineering company, in 1998. Kamewa was a Swedish company which was acquired by the British Vickers group in 1986. Ulstein is a municipality in the county of Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Rolls-Royce sold Vickers Defence Systems (the other major Vickers area of business) to Alvis plc in 2002 which then became Alvis Vickers, then the largest armoured vehicle company in the UK. Alvis Ltd was created when United Scientific Holdings plc acquired the Alvis division of the nationalised vehicle manufacturer BL plc in 1981 Alvis Ltd was created when United Scientific Holdings plc acquired the Alvis division of the nationalised vehicle manufacturer BL plc in 1981

Rolls-Royce has established a leading position in the corporate and regional airline sector through the development of the Tay engine, the Allison acquisition and the consolidation of the BMW Rolls-Royce joint venture. Regional airlines commonly called commuter airlines or feeder airlines, when they provide service to smaller communities that do not generate sufficient passengers In 1999 BMW Rolls-Royce was renamed Rolls-Royce Deutschland and became a 100% owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce plc. Rolls-Royce Deutschland is a subsidiary of Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce plc with facilities at Dahlewitz outside Berlin and at Oberursel

Data Systems & Solutions was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Rolls-Royce plc and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Data Systems & Solutions LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce plc, with offices in the USA UK France and the Czech Republic Science Applications International Corporation ( SAIC) is a FORTUNE 500 scientific engineering and technology applications company in the United States with In early 2006, SAIC exited the joint venture agreement, making Rolls-Royce plc the sole owner.

Recent events

On April 6, 2004 Boeing announced that it had selected both Rolls-Royce and General Electric to power its new 787. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Boeing Company is a major Aerospace and defense corporation originally founded by William E WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Rolls-Royce submitted the Trent 1000, a further development of that series. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout GE's offering is the GENX, a development of the GE90. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

On June 13 Rolls Royce were awarded a £110m deal with the Ministry of Defence to supply engines for its C-130 Hercules transport aircraft for the next 5 years. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for The Ministry of Defence ( MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout ^[3]

In July 2006, Rolls-Royce reached an agreement to supply a new version of the Trent for the revised Airbus A350 (XWB) jetliner. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Although details have yet to be released, it is likely that the so-called Trent XWB will be significantly larger than the Trent 1700, basically a throttle-push of the Trent 1000 intended for the original A350 proposal. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

In October 2006 Rolls-Royce suspended production of its Trent 900 engine because of delays by Airbus on the delivery of the A380 superjumbo. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Airbus SAS (ˈɛərbʌs in English, Airbus2ogg|/ɛʁbys/]] in French, and /ˈɛːɐbʊs/ in German) is an aircraft manufacturing WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Rolls-Royce announced in October 2007 that production of the Trent 900 had been re-started after a twelve month suspension caused by delays to the A380. ^[4] The plant in Derby, UK employs 11,000 workers and will continue to produce engines for Bombardier, Boeing, including those for the new 787 series and other Airbus aircraft such as the A330 and A340. Derby (pronounced "dar-bee" /dˈɑːbɪ/ is a city in the East Midlands of England. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Bombardier Inc (bɔ̃baʁdje is a Canadian conglomerate, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942 The Boeing Company is a major Aerospace and defense corporation originally founded by William E

On the military side, Rolls-Royce has been (in cooperation with other European manufacturers) a major contractor for the RB199 which in several variants powers the Panavia Tornado, and also for the EJ200 engine for the Eurofighter Typhoon. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Two modified RB199 engines also powered the EAP demonstrator which evolved into the Typhoon. The British Aerospace EAP was a technology demonstrator aircraft developed as a private venture in the 1980s and which eventually formed the basis for the Eurofighter

At the 2005 Paris Air Show Rolls Royce secured in excess of $1 billion worth of orders. The Paris Air Show ( Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace Paris-Le Bourget) is an international trade fair for the aerospace business The firm received $800m worth of orders from Air China to supply its 20 Airbus A330 jets^[5]. Not to be confused with China Airlines, the national airline of the Republic of China (Taiwan. Airbus SAS (ˈɛərbʌs in English, Airbus2ogg|/ɛʁbys/]] in French, and /ˈɛːɐbʊs/ in German) is an aircraft manufacturing WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

On 18 June 2007, Rolls-Royce announced at the 2007 Paris Air Show that it had signed its biggest ever contract with Qatar Airways for the Trent XWB to power 80 A350 XWBs on order from Airbus worth $5. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Qatar Airways Company QCSC (القطرية is the Flag carrier airline of Qatar, based in Doha. This article lists the orders made by airlines and other buyers for the Airbus A350 aircraft which is currently in development by Airbus. 6 billion at list prices. ^[6] On 11 November 2007, another large contract was announced at the Dubai Airshow from Emirates Airline for Trent XWBs to power 50 A350-900 and 20 A350-1000 aircraft with 50 option rights. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Dubai Airshow is a biennial show held in Dubai, UAE. It is organized by "Fairs & Exhibitions Ltd" since the year 1989; in cooperation with Emirates Airline (shortened form Emirates) ( Arabic: طيران الإمارات Tayarān al-Imārāt) is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group Due to be delivered from 2014, the order is potentially worth up to 8. 4 billion US Dollars at list prices, including options. ^[7]

Current operations

Rolls-Royce's aerospace business makes commercial and military gas turbine engines for military, civil, and corporate aircraft customers worldwide. A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a rotary Engine that extracts energy from a flow of Combustion gas In the U.S., the company makes engines for regional and corporate jets, helicopters, and turboprop aircraft. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys. A turboprop engine is a type of aircraft powerplant that uses a Gas turbine engine to drive a Propeller. Rolls-Royce also constructs and installs power generation systems. In Electricity generation, an electrical generator is a device that converts Mechanical energy to Electrical energy, generally using Electromagnetic Its core gas turbine technology has created one of the broadest product ranges of aero-engines in the world, with 50,000 engines in service with 500 airlines, 2,400 corporate and utility operators and more than 100 armed forces, powering both fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. Overview Fixed-wing aircraft range from small training and recreational aircraft to Wide-body aircraft and military cargo aircraft. History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys. Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd (a subsidiary company) manufactures and tests nuclear reactors for Royal Naval submarines. Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd, a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce plc, operates three nuclear licensed sites two of which are at Raynesway in Derby, UK This article is a subarticle of Nuclear power. A nuclear reactor is a device in which Nuclear chain reactions are initiated controlled The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability

Civil Aerospace

Airliners

• RB211
• Trent series (47% (largest) market share of engines for new generation widebodied aircraft, launch engine for all 3 787 variants, leading engine for 777, A330, A340-500, A380, A340-600 and all versions of the A350 XWB. The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a family of high-bypass Turbofan engines made by Rolls-Royce plc and capable of generating 37400 to 60600 pounds-force (166 WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout ) ^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}

• V2500 (as part of International Aero Engines)
• Conway
• Avon
• Olympus (with Snecma)

Regional aircraft

• AE 2100
• AE 3007
• BR700
• FJ44 (with Williams International)
• Model 250
• Tay
• Rolls-Royce RB282

Helicopters

• Model 250

Defence Aerospace

Combat aircraft

• Adour (with Turbomeca)
• EJ200 (as part of Eurojet)
• F136 (with General Electric)
• Pegasus
• RB199 (as part of Turbo-Union)
• Spey
• Nene
• Derwent

Helicopters

• AE 1107C-Liberty
• Gem
• Model 250 turboshaft
• MTR390 (with MTU and Turbomeca)
• RTM322 (with Turbomeca)
• T800 (with Honeywell)

Transport market

• AE 1107C-Liberty
• AE 2100
• Model 250 turboprop
• T56
• Tay
• TP400-D6 (as part of Europrop International)

Trainer market

• Adour (with Turbomeca)
• FJ44 (with Williams International)
• Model 250 turboprop
• Viper

Tactical market

• AE 1107C-Liberty
• AE 2100
• AE 3007
• BR710
• Model 250 turboprop
• Spey
• T56
• T800 (with Honeywell)
• Tay

Unmanned aerial vehicle market

• AE 3007
• Model 250 turboshaft
• Viper

Marine

Gas turbines

• AG9140
• MT30
• MT50
• RR4500
• Spey
• Olympus TM3B
• Tyne RM1A
• WR-21

Diesel engines

• Bergen B series
• Bergen C series
• Bergen K series
• Crossley Pielstick

Propulsion

• Kamewa and Bird-Johnson Waterjets
• Kamewa Tunnel thruster
• MerMaid pod propulsion
• Ulstein Aquamaster Azimuth thruster

Submarine

• Nato Submarine Rescue System
• PWR1 Reactor
• PWR2 Reactor
• Zebra (battery)

Hydrodynamic Bearings

• Michell Bearings

Energy - oil & gas

Gas turbines

• Rolls-Royce 501
• Industrial Avon
• Industrial RB211
• Industrial Trent

Compressors

• Barrel centrifugal compressor
• Pipeline centrifugal compressor

Energy - power generation

Gas turbines

• Rolls-Royce 501
• Industrial RB211
• Industrial Trent

Reciprocating engines

• Bergen B series
• Bergen K series

Distributed generation systems

• Field Electrical Power Source (FEPS)
• APU 2000 vehicle power unit
• Marine generator sets
• Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Competitors

• General Electric (GE)
• Engine Alliance (a joint venture between GE and fellow US firm Pratt & Whitney)
• Pratt & Whitney
• Honeywell

Bibliography

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A bow thruster, is a propulsion device built into or mounted to the bow of a Ship or Boat to enhance its maneuverability An Azimuth thruster is a configuration of Ship propellers placed in pods that can be rotated in any horizontal direction making a Rudder unnecessary The NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS is a multi-national project to develop an international Submarine rescue system The Rolls-Royce pressurised water reactor (PWR series has powered British Nuclear submarines since the ''Valiant'' class, commissioned in 1966 The Rolls-Royce pressurised water reactor (PWR series has powered British Nuclear submarines since the ''Valiant'' class, commissioned in 1966 Molten salt batteries are a class of Primary cell and Secondary cell high temperature Electric battery that use Molten salts as an Electrolyte WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. 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• Peter Pugh, (2002), Icon Books, The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story Part 3 A Family of Engines. ISBN 1 84046 405 4

References

External links

• Rolls-Royce
• Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace
• Rolls-Royce Defence Aerospace
• Rolls-Royce Marine Solutions
• Rolls-Royce Energy Generation
• Rolls-Royce History
• Rolls-Royce Education
• Rolls-Royce Careers
• The Jet Engine - A book by Rolls-Royce

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