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16th Dec 2010 09:22

16 December 2010

ROLLS-ROYCE AWARDED $89 MILLION MISSIONCARE CONTRACT FOR U.S. NAVY T-45 TRAINER

ENGINE SUPPORT

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded an $89 million MissionCareâ„¢ contract by the U.S. Department of Defense Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River to provide support for the F405 (Adour) engines that power the U.S. Navy's T-45 training aircraft.

This contract modification exercises the second option year to provideguaranteed engine availability, which includes support ranging from on-wingthrough intermediate and depot level maintenance, under the base contractsigned in 2008. MissionCare is used within the Rolls-Royce Defense sector toapply commercial Power By The Hour® principles to the unique requirements ofthe defense business.Wayne Moni, Chief Operating Officer of Rolls-Royce Defense Services said, "Weare proud of our partnership with the U.S. Navy and its mission to preparestudent aviators for jet carrier aviation and tactical strike missions. We lookforward to another successful year of providing the best engine readiness andavailability."Under the terms of the agreement, which is administered by the Naval AirSystems Command (NAVAIR), Rolls-Royce will provide all maintenance, support,trouble-shooting, parts supply and logistics for both the F405 engine and theaircraft gas turbine starting system. This contract provides comprehensivepropulsion services to more than 200 aircraft, operating at four main Naval AirStations - Kingsville, Texas; Meridian, Mississippi; Pensacola, Florida andPatuxent River, Maryland.

Rolls-Royce manufactures the F405-RR-401 (Adour) engine in partnership with Turbomeca. Rolls-Royce has been involved with T-45 program support since its inception through a variety of contracts awarded by both the U.S. Navy and Boeing.

NOTE TO EDITORS

1. Rolls-Royce, a world-leading provider of power systems and services for use

on land, at sea and in the air, has established a strong position in global

markets - civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine and energy.

2. As a result of this strategy, Rolls-Royce today has a broad customer base

comprising more than 600 airlines, 4,000 corporate and utility aircraft and

helicopter operators, 160 armed forces, more than 2,000 marine customers,

including 70 navies, and energy customers in nearly 120 countries, with an

installed base of 54,000 gas turbines.

3. Rolls-Royce employs over 39,000 skilled people in offices, manufacturing

and service facilities in 50 countries. The Group has a strong commitment

to apprentice and graduate recruitment, and to further developing employee

skills.

4. The initial F-405 engine MissionCare contract was awarded to Rolls-Royce in

October 2003 and has been renewed annually. It is truly "power by the hour'

- a single contract line item number is used to pay a fixed price per

aircraft hours flown at each operating base. Contract performance is

measured almost exclusively against the fleet-driven performance metric of

engine and starter system availability.

5. In September 2010, Rolls-Royce completed 500,000 flight hours of

MissionCareâ„¢ support for the F405-RR-401 (Adour) engines that power the

U.S. Navy's T-45 training aircraft.

6. The U.S. Navy's T-45 Goshawk aircraft completed one million flight hours in

August 2010. More than 3,600 student aviators from the U.S. Navy, U.S.

Marine Corps and several international militaries have received instruction

on the system before earning their "wings of gold" naval aviator insignia.

7. As the principal jet trainer for the Chief of Naval Air Training, the T-45

is used to prepare student aviators to transition to front-line Navy and

Marine Corps fleet aircraft, including F/A-18 Hornet, EA-6B Prowler, EA-18G

Growler, AV-8B Harrier and the future F-35 Lightning II. The T-45 is used

for intermediate and advanced portions of the Navy-Marine Corps pilot

training program for jet carrier aviation and tactical strike missions.

Currently, the T-45 is scheduled to remain in service with the Navy until

2035.

8. More than 2,800 Adour engines have been sold to 22 countries around the

world, and the combined fleet has flown in excess of eight million flight

hours.

For further information, please contact:

Investor relations:Mark AlflattDirector of Financial CommunicationsRolls-Royce plcTel: +44 (0)20 7227 [email protected] relations:Josh RosenstockHead of Corporate CommunicationsRolls-Royce plcTel: +44 (0)20 7227 [email protected]

www.rolls-royce.com

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