Article: United Kingdom: Rolls-Royce secures navy contracts.

Byline: deepak03

Rolls-Royce has secured two separate contracts worth a total of [pounds sterling]9.5m to supply propulsion and motion control systems to the French and South Korean navies.

The French order, worth [pounds sterling]7.5m, is for the supply of podded propulsion equipment and stabilising fins for the latest French Navy Mistral-class amphibious assault ship, expected to enter service in 2012. This follows a contract to supply podded propulsors and stabilisers on the first two ships in the class: Mistral and Tonnerre.

The group s Mermaid Pod is a propulsor and steering device incorporating two electric motors housed within two steel ...

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