Rolls-Royce this week marked the completion of a $1 billion, decade-long investment in its Indiana manufacturing, assembly and test facilities.
The investment — the largest the company has made in the United States — modernized advanced manufacturing across the Indianapolis campus and added full engine-test capability, including new ground test facilities, and an altitude test facility in West Lafayette. The company said more Rolls-Royce defense products are built in Indianapolis than anywhere else in the world.
The campus tests and builds engines for a range of defense and commercial platforms, including future engines for the U.S. Air Force B-52 strategic bomber and the U.S. Army’s MV-75 Cheyenne, as well as current engines for the V-22 Osprey, the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray and the C-130J.
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Rolls-Royce employs approximately 3,500 people in Indianapolis, including a skilled UAW workforce, and supports thousands more jobs through its Indiana supply chain.
The Indianapolis campus is also home to LibertyWorks, the company’s advanced-research organization, which has worked with high-temperature materials and propulsion for decades, anchored by a $75 million, 10-year partnership with Purdue University.
