Rolls-Royce wins RAF Tristar engine support contract

LONDON – Rolls-Royce PLC said it has been awarded a multi-year engine
overhaul support contract worth up to 130 mln USD from the Ministry of Defence for their fleet of RB211-524B4 engines powering the Lockheed L1011-500 TriStar aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force.
The new contract, which continues the cover provided by Rolls-Royce since 1985, was won after a competitive tender, and covers five years with an option for a further five, it added.
The value over the full ten-year period would be around 130 mln USD and covers support for the RAF’s fleet of thirty-three RB211-524B4 engines, it said.