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Rolls Royce secures $182.7 million US Air Force contract

British manufacturer Rolls Royce has been awarded a $182.7 million contract to provide support services to the military transport plane known as the Super Hercules.

Rolls Royce will provide logistics and program management support, engineering services, spares and technical data support to the Air Force as it maintains the aircraft fleet’s engines, and propellers.

The Air Force increased its order for spares and spare parts, as well as adding Rolls-Royce Field Service Representatives at two new bases.

Rolls-Royce now provides Hercules support at 12 US Air Force bases, with 10 in the US and two overseas.

Paul Craig, Rolls-Royce president of Defence Customer Services, said: “We continually seek new ways to deliver innovative and cost effective support to the US Air Force and we are delighted to be expanding our services on their behalf.”

The firm also provide services to the Hercules engines through an operations centre in Indianapolis, providing 24/7 engineering support.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .