Rolls-Royce has secured a five-year MissionCare™ contract valued at US$1.2 billion to maintain AE 1107C engines on U.S. Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force V-22 aircraft.
Rolls-Royce has delivered nearly 1,000 AE 1107C engines to power the fleet of V-22 aircraft in operation around the world. The total fleet of more than 375 MV-22s and CV-22s in service recently topped 500,000 flight hours – or 1 million engine hours on the twin-engine aircraft.
Under the Rolls-Royce MissionCare contract, the company will be responsible for all aspects of propulsion system support, on a Power by the Hour™ basis.
Rolls-Royce AE 1107C engines are assembled in Indianapolis, in the company’s largest facility in the U.S. The engines are part of the AE engine family, which has a proven record of reliable service in military and civilian aircraft. The AE engine fleet has topped 77 million hours of dependable service around the world.
The Rolls-Royce facilities in Indianapolis are nearing completion of a US$600 million investment to modernize and upgrade technology, resulting in a state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing operation.