Rolls-Royce (H14, Hall 2B) is using the Paris Air Show to display
its growing customer service in civil and defense engine programs.
Rolls has prided itself with its aftermarket competitive advantage,
mostly in its knowledge of product attributes and propriety technology.
Also, it has a strong understanding of the global repair and overhaul
network. In all, this allows Rolls-Royce to offer long-term support
packages that 'add significant value to the customers.'
Rolls-Royce's civil aerospace display at Le Bourget is dominated
by the Trent 500, workhorse of the Airbus A340-600. Shortly after
it entered service last summer with Virgin-Atlantic, South African
Airways and Cathay Pacific signed for the Trent 500. Rolls-Royce
plans to adapt the engine for use as a technology demonstrator
for the pan-European Affordable Near Term Low Emissions program.
Technologies acquired from the program will also be used in
other markets.
Currently the company is discussing with Boeing requirements for
a 'Trent 7E7' for the airframer's new super-efficient twinjet.
Rolls also has an exclusive market on smaller regional jets, with
1,400 AE3007s delivered to Embraer for the ERJ-135, -140, 145
and Legacy, and to Cessna for Cessna Citation X. The AE3007 backlog
stands at 1,600 firm and optional orders from 44 customers.
With a 38 % share in the Eurojet EJ2000 turbofan for Eurofighter
Typhoon, and the alternative F135 and F136 power plants for the
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Rolls-Royce remains a significant force
in the defense aerospace market.
Among one of Rolls-Royce's unique products is the AE1107C-Liberty
engine, which powers the V-22 Osprey. Over 100 engines have been
ordered.
