OREANDA-NEWS. Rolls-Royce will present its full range of solutions for air, land and sea defence at the Defence & Security Event International (DSEI) in London this week (booth S7-210).

Rolls-Royce has extensive capability in the provision of advanced, mission critical technology for defence applications. The products on display at DSEI include:

  • Defence Aerospace – EJ200 combat engine, CTS800 helicopter engine and the Trent 700 fan set
  • Marine/Naval – MT30 and MT7 gas turbines, Kamewa S-25-3 waterjet
  • MTU diesel engines for Type 23, Type 26 and Scout SV

Aerospace
Rolls-Royce is the world’s second largest provider of defence aero-engine products and services globally with 160 customers in 103 countries. A range of engine technology will be on display, including the EJ200 combat engine, the power behind the Eurofighter Typhoon and the CTS800 engine that powers a number of helicopters, including the AW159 Wildcat and the T129 ATAK.

The Trent 700 engine is the market leader on the Airbus A330 has been selected by the UK, Singapore, the UAE, France and Korea to power their fleets of A330 tanker aircraft. The engine provides operators with significant performance benefits, enabling 6-9 tonnes greater payload capacity. It is also the only engine on the A330 with a full-length cowl, reducing infra-red signature.

Land & Sea
The Marine business will be exhibiting its latest propulsion technologies, including the MT30 and MT7 gas turbines. The MT30 is the world’s most powerful marine gas turbine in service today. Rated at up to 40MW, it has been selected to power several major international programmes in the US, UK and the Republic of Korea. It’s most recent selection is for the Royal Navy’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship.

The MT7, is a smaller gas turbine, and has been selected to power the US Navy’s Ship to Shore Connector future hovercraft programme. The engine is derived from the Rolls-Royce AE1107, which powers the V-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft.

Rolls-Royce produces a wide range of propulsors for naval vessels ranging from large propellers, to thrusters and waterjets, all designed using world-leading hydrodynamic capability to optimise efficiency and sound signature reduction.

The Rolls-Royce Power Systems business will showcase its MTU product portfolio of engines for land-based defence vehicles in the 160 kW to 2,016 kW range as well as engines producing from 269 kW to 10,000 kW for naval applications. MTU engines are in service worldwide in vehicles including infantry fighting vehicles, mine-clearing and armoured recovery vehicles as well as in vessels ranging from frigates and mine-sweepers to submarines – including the Royal Navy’s Astute Class vessels.

MTU engines will power the British Army’s new Scout SV fighting vehicle. Diesel gensets from MTU will also be delivered as part of the Royal Navy’s Type 23 vessel life extension programme, and the design of the combined diesel engine / gas-turbine propulsion system of the Royal Navy’s future Type 26 frigates also foresees the use of MTU engines.