Rolls-Royce in $900M exclusive power systems agreement for C-27J military transport aircraft
Rolls-Royce today signed a nine-year, $900 million agreement with Alenia Aeronautica to be the exclusive propulsion system provider for the C-27J Spartan medium-lift transport aircraft.
The twin-engined C-27J is powered by AE 2100D2 turboprop engines with Rolls-Royce responsible for the propulsion system provider of both the engine and the Dowty six-blade propeller assemblies.
This agreement builds upon a 2006 contract with Alenia Aeronautica for 42 propulsion systems, bringing the total guaranteed volume to 155. In addition, 78 C-27J aircraft and up to 180 engines were placed under contract by the US Armed Forces’s Joint Cargo Aircraft programme in 2007 with potential volumes of up to145 aircraft to be delivered.
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