Rolls-Royce will open a new engine depot services facility at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma to support the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk fleet. The company has been awarded a $49 million contract to establish the new facility, which is expected to begin operations in 2015.
The facility will be the first for Rolls-Royce at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (OC-ALC), one of the largest units within the Air Force Materiel Command, and the Air Force’s Center of Excellence for jet propulsion. The contract was recently awarded by the Global Hawk Systems Program Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
This will be the company’s first public-private partnership to provide engine services for the U.S. Air Force. OC-ALC will be designated an Authorized Military Overhaul Facility for Rolls-Royce AE 3007H engines.
The new engine facility will be created in an existing building and include new support equipment, tooling, work stations, assembly platforms, and modification of an existing test cell. Rolls-Royce will train OC-ALC’s employees to perform engine services and certify the new facility after it is complete.
Source: Rolls-Royce