Rolls-Royce highlights power for air, land and sea in Middle East at Idex 2009

Idex 2009 will feature the contribution of three of its businesses to the region's defence and naval marine sectors. All four major Rolls-Royce businesses - Civil Aerospace, Defence Aerospace, Marine and Energy - are playing an important role in the development of the region.

In 2008, services revenues accounted for 52% of the Group's global revenues of £9.1bn and all four businesses saw their service revenues grow significantly.

Services are also playing an important role in the Rolls-Royce relationship with the Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala). Agreements announced in the past 12 months involve Mubadala-affiliated companies - Abu Dhabi Ship Building, Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies and Al Taif.

The Defence Aerospace business provides engines and support to 160 customers in 103 countries, with an installed base of approximately 20,000 engines in service. This makes it the world's number two defence aero engine company with the largest customer base and over a quarter of the world's installed military engines.

More than 1,000 Rolls-Royce military engines are in service in the Middle East, including many powering military transport, a sector in which Rolls-Royce is the world leader through the T56 and AE 2100. These power all versions of the Lockheed Martin C-130 and C-130J Hercules, the Alenia Aeronautica C-27J Spartan and the Bell-Boeing V-22 Tiltrotor.

In 2008, a $915m agreement was signed with Alenia for AE 2100 engines for the C-27J.

More than 18,000 T56 engines have been produced, with 8,000 still in service in nearly 70 countries. The latest version, the Series IV, offers 27% more power, 13% less fuel burn and a significant increase in reliability as a result of the continuous development of the engine.

The Series IV engine powers the Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne battle management aircraft, for which Rolls-Royce has developed a Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) and monitoring system to reduce pilot workload and improve maintainability.

Elsewhere in the region, the Royal Saudi Air Force operates Tornado IDS, Hawk and C-130 aircraft with engines supplied by Rolls-Royce, and has started taking deliveries of the EJ200 powered Typhoon. The Egyptian Air Force has 15 Commando helicopters powered by the Gnome and C130s powered by the T56. The UAE Air Force operates Adour-powered Hawk and Viper-powered MB339 trainers.

The RTM322 helicopter engine, which has proved to be outstanding in hot and high conditions, has become the engine of choice for the NH90 multi-role helicopter, winning mre than 85% of NH90 customers, including Oman. Oman is also operating the Super Lynx 300 helicopter powered by the Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company (LHTEC) T800 - a joint venture between Rolls-Royce and Honeywell.

Marine is now the second largest Rolls-Royce business in revenue terms. It is a world leader in the provision of integrated marine propulsion systems, offering a unique set of products and services for the naval and commercial sectors. It has an installed equipment base of over 30,000 vessels, which creates a major opportunity for services growth.

The investment in, and expansion of, the global services network continued throughout 2008, supporting long-term growth opportunities in the Marine services sector, include those in the United Arab Emirates through a joint venture with Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) to service waterjets in the Arabian Gulf.

ADSB is building six 72m Baynunah Class corvettes powered by Kamewa waterjets for the UAE Navy and has previously supplied 12 Fast Patrol Boats and four Fast Supply Vessels for the UAE Navy and UAE Coast Guard, all with Kamewa waterjets.

At Idex, Rolls-Royce features the new FF670 waterjet for naval applications and a model of the Rolls-Royce Intra-Theatre Logistic Vessel concept, which has been developed from the commercial fast Ro-Pax design. Propulsion would be provided by a combined MT30 gas turbine and twin Pielstick PA6B diesels in a CODAG arrangement driving four Kamewa 160 SII waterjets.

The MT30, a derivative of the Trent 800, entered service on the USS Freedom, the US Navy's first Littoral Combat Ship in 2008 and a £96m order for four MT30s plus propulsion equipment was placed by the UK MoD to power its two new aircraft carriers.

Rolls-Royce Distributed Generation Systems, an established provider of power generation, management and hybrid electric drive systems for military and other demanding applications, will reflect the rapidly-increasing electrical power requirements for land defence application. It is displaying its power-dense generators, for on-board and exportable vehicle power, and its variable speed generating sets, which offer market-leading fuel efficiency to support C4ISR applications.

Rolls-Royce and Al Taif Technical Services PJSC (Al Taif), whose parent company is Mubadala, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in April 2008 under which Al Taif will provide service support to Rolls-Royce Distributed Generation Systems' UAE, GCC and regional South West Asia network. The MoU aims to strengthen capabilities as a response to market demands for specialised support services for power generation and vehicle fleets. Potential areas of collaboration include maintenance, repair, overhaul and training capabilities, and technical, engineering and manufacturing services.