Under the terms of the RB199 Operational Contract for Engine Transformation (ROCET2), which runs until 2025, Rolls-Royce will provide the RAF with a guaranteed level of availability for its RB199 engines, spares and ground-support equipment.
The agreement includes additional support elements, such as the development of engine-health monitoring techniques designed to improve operational capability.
Rolls-Royce undertakes all aspects of RB199 engine support, including the provision of replacement engines to meet customer demands, and technical support on-base and from the Rolls-Royce Operations Centre in Bristol.
Comment: The UK is closer to deindustrialisation than reindustrialisation
"..have been years in the making" and are embedded in the actors - thus making it difficult for UK industry to move on and develop and apply...