21st Dec 2005 14:40
21 December 2005 ROLLS-ROYCE SHARES IN ¢â€š¬300m EUROJET SERVICE CONTRACT Rolls-Royce announced today that EUROJET Turbo GmbH, the leading Europeanmilitary engine consortium of which it is a member, has signed a contract withNETMA worth about ¢â€š¬300 million to support the EJ200 engine powering theEurofighter aircraft.This contract will assure full-scale in-service support for the engineincluding all IT systems (electronic data processing for service support)across Europe. The contract, which is worth around ‚£58 million to Rolls-Royce,runs up to 2009 and can be extended further.The EJ200 is the world's leading technology military engine and is in servicewith the air forces of Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Rapidlyaccumulated in-service experience has confirmed the superior qualities of theEJ200 engine.Exceptional performance, excellent handling and highest reliability levels havebeen demonstrated in the Eurofighter Typhoon, setting the trend for the futureof the programme and for export. The first export order of 18 aircraft has beensigned with the Government of Austria.The EJ200 production programme is contracted to produce 1400 engines forEurofighter Typhoon. It is the largest military engine production programmeunder contract in the world today.With unprecedented performance, multi-mission capability and reliability, theEJ200 is the best choice for next generation combat and trainer applications,for which EUROJET can also offer a wide range of engine support concepts.NOTES TO EDITORS: 1. EUROJET Turbo GmbH is the leading European military aerospace engine consortium responsible for the development, production, maintenance, support and sales of the new generation EJ200 powerplant. The shareholders of EUROJET are Avio (Italy), ITP (Spain), MTU Aero Engines (Germany) and Rolls-Royce (UK). 2. The EJ200 engine combines the leading technologies from each of the four European companies. The engine has been designed to fulfil the most demanding requirements (highest performance, optimum maintainability and low life cycle costs) set for next generation fighter and training aircraft. 3. Like the aircraft, the engine is assembled in four assembly lines, one in each of the partner nations. The workshare reflects the number of aircraft and associated number of engines ordered by the respective partners. For more information, please contact:Nick BrittonCommunications Manager - Defence AerospaceRolls-Royce plcTel: +44 (0) 117 979 5943Email: [email protected] www.rolls-royce.comENDROLLS-ROYCE GROUP PLCRelated Shares:
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