Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce to produce engines for new reconnaissance copter

April 30, 2013
Mason King
Indianapolis manufacturing operations will provide cutting-edge engines for the latest generation of helicopter drones to be used by the U.S. Navy.
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Rolls-Royce late with key part for F-35 fighter

March 25, 2013
Bloomberg News
Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc was an average of 160 days late last year in delivering equipment needed for the U.S. Marine Corps version of the F-35 fighter to hover and land like a helicopter, according to the Pentagon.
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Rolls-Royce cutting production jobs in Indy

January 25, 2013
Dan Human
Rolls-Royce has offered buyouts and early retirement to 28 union production workers because of decreased product demand. The company declined to say whether any non-union workers were being cut.
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Defense contractors play wait and see on budget cutsRestricted Content

November 3, 2012
Dan Human
Indiana’s largest military contractors are questioning their future operations as they await word on whether the U.S. Department of Defense will lose up to $1 trillion in funding in the next decade.
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Rolls-Royce opens Indy service centerRestricted Content

October 13, 2012
 IBJ Staff
The aviation supplier's first defense operations center in the United States is at its Meridian Street complex downtown.
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Judge dismisses whistleblower suit against Rolls-Royce

September 27, 2012
Scott Olson
A former senior project engineer at Rolls-Royce's Indianapolis plant accused the company of selling parts to the government that it knew did not meet contractual specifications.
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Rolls-Royce wins $183M Army contract

July 9, 2012
Dan Human
The British manufacturer, which produces aircraft engines in Indianapolis, has scored a $183 million contract to service engines for the U.S. Army’s OH-58D Kiowa Warrior scout helicopters, the company announced Monday morning.
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Indianapolis area needs more black engineers, architectsRestricted Content

June 30, 2012
Scott Olson
Among major occupational groups, only farming has a smaller share of African-Americans, government figures show.
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Manufacturing employment coming back, but without the wages of yesteryearRestricted Content

June 9, 2012
Dan Human
Recovery in manufacturing—one of Indiana’s best-paying employment sectors—has been a much celebrated change after years of decline. But many of those jobs are returning with lower wages as employers keep up with growing global competition.
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Rolls-Royce buys out control-system joint venture

June 8, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlin
Rolls-Royce plc announced Friday that it will acquire the remaining half of Aero Engine Controls, which designs control systems for aircraft.
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Rolls-Royce must face whistle-blowers’ lawsuit

June 4, 2012
Bloomberg News
Rolls-Royce Corp. lost a bid Monday for dismissal of a whistle-blower lawsuit pressed by two former quality-control officers claiming the company cheated the United States by failing to report defense-contract product defects.
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Production on Rolls-Royce LiftSystem picks up steam

May 1, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlin
Rolls-Royce Corp. said Tuesday that its landed a $315 million contract from Pratt & Whitney for its LiftSystem, which enables short takeoffs and vertical landings by the U.S. Marine Corps’ F-35B aircraft.
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Rolls Royce locks in work on key military programRestricted Content

April 14, 2012
The British engine maker received a $151 million contract to continue making engines for the V-22 Osprey.
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Manufacturers prowling for skilled workersRestricted Content

March 31, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlin
Factories laid off droves of workers during the recession but now struggle to find tech-savvy employees during the recovery.
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Rolls-Royce plans $42M local investment, more jobs

March 6, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlin
Rolls-Royce Corp. plans to invest $42 million to set up a new manufacturing plant in Indianapolis and create 100 jobs by 2014, the company announced Tuesday morning.
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Rolls-Royce's profits in line with expectations

February 9, 2012
 IBJ Staff and Bloomberg News
Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, the world’s second-largest aircraft-engine maker, said profit rose in line with estimates, buoyed by a backlog of orders from Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS.
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Rolls-Royce relocates 2,500 jobs to downtown

December 24, 2011
The aircraft-engine maker will occupy Eli Lilly and Co.’s former Faris Campus on South Meridian Street, which is being renamed the Rolls-Royce Meridian Center.
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Rolls-Royce employees begin move to downtown campus

December 20, 2011
Francesca Jarosz
Rolls-Royce Corp. began moving employees to its new downtown office building on Monday—a shift an IUPUI analyst projected could generate $510 million in annual economic activity.
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Rolls-Royce tax-incentives deal set for hearing

December 5, 2011
Cory Schouten
A plan to offer a 10-year tax abatement worth $23 million for Rolls-Royce Corp. to redevelop two plants on the west side and move thousands of office workers into downtown's Faris campus is scheduled for an initial hearing Wednesday.
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Rolls-Royce labor deal lures jobsRestricted Content

October 1, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlin
Rolls-Royce Corp.'s Indianapolis plant is preparing to become the global manufacturing site for a large jet-engine component, the banded stator. Rolls-Royce will shift production from an outside supplier, creating 100 jobs.
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GAO finds cost estimates for F136 engine outdated

September 22, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlin
Some members of Congress hope to revive work on the alternate engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which Rolls-Royce in Indianapolis worked on for nine years before the project was halted in April.
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City to seek more parking for Rolls-Royce's move

August 23, 2011
Francesca Jarosz
The Capital Improvement Board will be charged with helping Rolls-Royce Corp. find up to an additional 500 parking spaces to accommodate the company’s move to a downtown office campus formerly occupied by Eli Lilly and Co.
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Copter powered by Rolls-Royce to fly into RussiaRestricted Content

August 20, 2011
 IBJ Staff
Rolls-Royce is pairing with a California company to penetrate the Russian market.
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Rolls-Royce looks to expand test sites

August 8, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlin
Rolls-Royce Group, one of the largest employers in Indianapolis, is studying sites in the United States and Germany for new engine test sites.
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Rolls-Royce upgrades engine on market since 1950sRestricted Content

July 2, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlin
Rolls-Royce’s Indianapolis plant assembles few of its workhorse T56 aircraft engines in whole, but cranking out spare parts for overhauls is a large business. The last contract modification, issued by the U.S. Air Force in 2007, is worth up to $789 million and is still active.
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