Rolls Royce Wins US Air Force Contract Worth Up To $2.6 Bn

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published September 25, 2021 | 04:30 AM

Washington, Sept 24 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Sep, 2021 ) :The US arm of Britain's Rolls Royce won a contract worth up to $2.6 billion Friday to supply engines for the US Air Force's B-52H bomber fleet, the Air Force announced.

The company's Indianapolis, Indiana manufacturing unit was awarded a $500.

9 million "indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity" contract over six years for replacement engines for the B-52s, the long-range Stratofortress bombers that have been a mark of US strategic power since the 1950s.

The contract has a potential total value of $2.6 billion "if all options are exercised," the Air Force said.

The Air Force chose Rolls Royce for the contract ahead of GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney.