Rolls Royce bags $90m US Marine Corps engine contract
Rolls Royce has said this morning that it’s won a $90m (£54m) production contract for engines to power MV-22 aircraft operated by the US Marine Corps.
The defence company will provide 40 Rolls Royce AE 1107C engines, which it’ll manufacture in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The AE product family has over 5,800 engines in service, with the 1107 exclusively powering the growing V-22 fleet for the Marine Corps and US Air Force.