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Article: Rolls-Royce Success on U.S. Navy MissionCare Contract Leads to Expanded $90 Million Award.
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- Defense & Aerospace Week
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded a $90 million MissionCare™ contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) at NATC Patuxent River to provide support for the F405-RR-401 (Adour) engines that power the U.S. Navy's T-45 training aircraft.
This contract exercises the first of four option years to the base contract signed last year. MissionCare is utilized within the Rolls-Royce Defense sector to apply commercial Power By The Hour[R] principles to the unique requirements of the defense business.
Under the terms of the agreement, which is administered by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at NATC Patuxent River, Md., ...