Rolls-Royce, March 02, 2016 - Rolls-Royce and Enstrom Helicopter Corporation have signed a new agreement to provide Rolls-Royce M250 engines for the versatile 480B helicopter.
The 480B is Enstrom’s flagship turbine helicopter, known for its combination of safety, stability, comfort and value. The five-seat aircraft serves as a military trainer, and is well suited for law enforcement, emergency medical and commercial, agricultural and private operations.
The Enstrom 480B helicopter is powered exclusively by a single Rolls-Royce M250-C20W engine, known for its power and dependability. More than 220 M250-powered 480B helicopters are in service throughout the world.
Jason Propes, Rolls-Royce, Senior Vice President, Helicopters, said, “The reliableRolls-Royce M250 engine is ideally suited for the Enstrom 480B helicopter, offering a unique and compact engine design. We are delighted to continue our relationship with Enstrom Helicopters.”
Tracy Biegler, President and CEO of Enstrom Helicopter, said, “We value our relationship with Rolls-Royce and our combined global service network provides our customers with the best support solution in the industry.”
The proven Rolls-Royce M250 engine has powered more than 235 million flight hours of dependable service. More than 31,000 M250 engines have been delivered to the marketplace. Whatever the altitude, whatever the mission, Rolls-Royce has the power and innovation you need.
About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc: Rolls-Royce’s vision is to be the market-leader in high performance power systems where our engineering expertise, global reach and deep industry knowledge deliver outstanding customer relationships and solutions. We operate across five businesses: Civil Aerospace, Defence Aerospace, Marine, Nuclear and Power Systems.
Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 120 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
Investing in and developing engineering excellence
Driving a manufacturing and supply chain transformation which will embed operational excellence in lean, lower-cost facilities and processes Leveraging our installed base, product knowledge and engineering capabilities to provide customers with outstanding service through which we can capture aftermarket value long into the future.
Annual underlying revenue was $19.43 billion* in 2015, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at $110.78 billion* at the end of 2015.
In 2015, Rolls-Royce invested $1.74 billion* on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research.
Rolls-Royce employs over 50,000 people in more than 46 countries. Nearly 15,700 of these are engineers.
The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2015 we employed 228 graduates and 277 apprentices through our worldwide training programs.
The 480B is Enstrom’s flagship turbine helicopter, known for its combination of safety, stability, comfort and value. The five-seat aircraft serves as a military trainer, and is well suited for law enforcement, emergency medical and commercial, agricultural and private operations.
The Enstrom 480B helicopter is powered exclusively by a single Rolls-Royce M250-C20W engine, known for its power and dependability. More than 220 M250-powered 480B helicopters are in service throughout the world.
Jason Propes, Rolls-Royce, Senior Vice President, Helicopters, said, “The reliableRolls-Royce M250 engine is ideally suited for the Enstrom 480B helicopter, offering a unique and compact engine design. We are delighted to continue our relationship with Enstrom Helicopters.”
Tracy Biegler, President and CEO of Enstrom Helicopter, said, “We value our relationship with Rolls-Royce and our combined global service network provides our customers with the best support solution in the industry.”
The proven Rolls-Royce M250 engine has powered more than 235 million flight hours of dependable service. More than 31,000 M250 engines have been delivered to the marketplace. Whatever the altitude, whatever the mission, Rolls-Royce has the power and innovation you need.
About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc: Rolls-Royce’s vision is to be the market-leader in high performance power systems where our engineering expertise, global reach and deep industry knowledge deliver outstanding customer relationships and solutions. We operate across five businesses: Civil Aerospace, Defence Aerospace, Marine, Nuclear and Power Systems.
Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 120 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
Investing in and developing engineering excellence
Driving a manufacturing and supply chain transformation which will embed operational excellence in lean, lower-cost facilities and processes Leveraging our installed base, product knowledge and engineering capabilities to provide customers with outstanding service through which we can capture aftermarket value long into the future.
Annual underlying revenue was $19.43 billion* in 2015, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at $110.78 billion* at the end of 2015.
In 2015, Rolls-Royce invested $1.74 billion* on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research.
Rolls-Royce employs over 50,000 people in more than 46 countries. Nearly 15,700 of these are engineers.
The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2015 we employed 228 graduates and 277 apprentices through our worldwide training programs.
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