Rolls-Royce Awarded MISSIONCARE Contract for T-45 Trainer Engine Support

Released on Friday, October 03, 2008

Rolls-Royce today announced it has been awarded a one-year $90 million MissionCare™ contract by the U.S. Navy to provide support for the F405 (Adour) engines that power the U.S. Navy's T-45 training aircraft. MissionCare solutions, along with other aftermarket services provided to global customers by Rolls-Royce, account for more than 50 percent of the company's annual sales.

The contract is for one year with options for four additional years, and builds upon a successful five-year contract established in 2003. MissionCare is utilized within the Rolls-Royce Defense sector to apply commercial Power By The Hour® principles tailored to the unique requirements of the Defense business.

David Waggoner, President of Rolls-Royce Defense Services Inc. said: "The MissionCare™ approach focuses on a key requirement of our customer: engine availability. Over the past five years, Rolls-Royce has made significant progress supporting the U.S. Navy and the T-45 program, realizing improved engine availability as well as reliability in support of the training mission.

"We remain focused on improving readiness during this new contract as we expand our service offerings, and look forward to continuing to support the U.S. Navy on this important program."

Under the terms of the agreement, which is administered by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at NATC Patuxent River, Maryland, Rolls-Royce will continue to provide all engine maintenance, support, trouble-shooting, parts supply and logistics for over 200 aircraft, operating at three main Naval Air Stations - Kingsville, Texas, Meridian, Mississippi and Pensacola, Florida. Based on the success of the previous contract, the U.S. Navy has expanded the scope of work to include maintenance, support and logistics for the Gas Turbine Starter.

Rolls-Royce manufactures the F405-RR-401 (Adour) engine in partnership with Turbomeca. Rolls-Royce has been involved with T-45 program support since inception through a variety of contracts awarded by both the U.S. Navy and Boeing.