Offering to co-develop and co-design jet engine, allowing India to own the IP: Rolls Royce

Engine maker Rolls Royce, which is in talks with India for co-development of a fighter jet engine, says what they are offering is quite “unlike” others, and are “offering to co-develop and co-design, allowing India to own the Intellectual Property in India, for India for use in current as well as future programmes,” according to a senior company official. And finally, we’re working on powering India’s growth with both stationary and mobile power solutions,” Alex Zino, Executive Vice President for Business Development and Future Programmes for Rolls-Royce said speaking at Aero India. “We see India emerging as a key sourcing hub for us, supporting all our divisions—across gas turbines, reciprocating engines from our MTU product line, and our defence aerospace segment.” Rolls-Royce recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Triveni Engineering and Industries Limited to collaborate on programmes for 4MW marine gas turbine generators for customers in India, including design, development and manufacturing of the marine GTGs. If you look at IAMPL, we now have a new plant in Tamil Nadu that has grown significantly, he said adding, “We manufacture over 160 complex aerospace components there, and that facility now serves - not just Rolls-Royce and our fleet around the world - but the entire aerospace ecosystem on a global scale.” While India is in advanced stage of talks with France for co-design and co-development of a 110 KN aero engine to power India’s fifth generation fighter, Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft, that is under development, it has also been holding talks with Rolls Royce for sometime.