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Article: Rolls-Royce secures $90m deal to keep US jets flying
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- Evening Post (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2009
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DEFENCE giant Rolls-Royce has been awarded a $90 million contract
by the US Department of Defense to provide support for the engines
that power the US Navy's T-45 training aircraft.
This contract exercises the first of four option years to the
base contract which was signed last year.
The F405-RR-401 (Adour) engines for the T-45 fleet have all been
assembled and tested at Rolls in Patchway and the fleet is supported
from the site's operations centre.
Under the terms of the MissionCare agreement, which is
administered by the Naval Air Systems Command, Rolls-Royce will
provide all maintenance, support, trouble-shooting, parts supply and
logistics for both the F405 engine and the aircraft gas ...