Rolls-Royce lands £290m contract for US fighter programme

AERO engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has been awarded three contracts totalling up to £290m ($442m) to produce and support for a US fighter plane.

The deal will see the British company provide LiftSystems™ for F-35B Lightning II aircraft and it includes price reductions from prior contracts.

The new contracts cover Low Rate Initial Production of 17 LiftSystems for F-35B aircraft, plus support, for two contract periods (LRIP 7-8), and were agreed between Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney, the propulsion p... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...