February 28, 2005

Source: http://www.allbusiness.com/management/896016-1.html

By Northway, Wally

Publication: The Mississippi Business Journal

Date: Monday, February 28 2005

Subject: Product testing, Aerospace industry, Engines

Company: Rolls-Royce PLC

HANCOCK COUNTY – Rolls-Royce has selected the NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center as the preferred site for relocation of its large engines outdoor test facility from the United Kingdom. This is the first time Rolls-Royce has partnered in this manner with NASA.

The facility will be used to test development and prototype engines for performance, noise and other factors. According to Rolls-Royce, there are only two other such facilities in the world.

“This move highlights our growing commitment to the U.S.,” said James M. Guyette, president and CEO, Rolls-Royce North America. “As a global company with nearly 100 years of operations in this country, we are pleased to be able to conduct this important work on these shores.”

Rolls-Royce will spend $42 million on construction and facility upgrades as well as utilize existing infrastructure of the Stennis Space Center.

Rolls-Royce also has a naval marine foundry on the Gulf Coast at Pascagoula, and the company said it plans to unveil an expansion there later this month that will enhance manufacturing capabilities and improve production efficiencies across a range of marine products.

Work involving the company’s two latest, high-thrust Trent engine programs will take place at Stennis in 2007 when the Trent 900, which powers the Airbus A380, and the Trent 1000, being developed for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, both undergo noise measurement testing. outdoor testing facility at Hucknall,

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