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Rolls-Royce awarded US Navy contract
Engineering group Rolls-Royce said it had won a contract to supply gas turbines and waterjets for up to ten of the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships.
Rolls-Royce already supplies propulsion equipment for some of the Lockheed Martin-built vessels and the new deal extends this with one firm order and options on a further nine ships, Rolls said.
Neither company gave a value for the contract.
Shares in Rolls-Royce have risen 5.3 per cent in the last three months.