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Shri Saket Chaturvedi, CEO (MiG Complex)
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited In an exclusive Pg06
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olls-Royce Deutschland and ITP
Rolls-Royce Deutschland and ITP RAero have officially entered into a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
Aero join forces for Wingman to explore a collaboration aimed at the
development, production, and main-
Engine Development tenance of a Wingman Engine. This
engine is envisioned as an advanced,
high-performance solution tailored for
The Wingman Engine, a European solution for large remote large-scale unmanned aerial vehicles.
carriers, utilizes the efficient Advance2 core technology found in During the MoU signing ceremony,
commercial and military platforms. a prototype of the Wingman Engine
concept was revealed, showcasing its
power and propulsion capabilities to
attendees at the ILA Berlin Airshow.
This agreement between Rolls-Royce
Deutschland and ITP Aero will foster a
German-Spanish approach, leveraging
on the extensive partnership between
the two companies, which has endured
for over a decade.
René Bernstein, Vice President of
Defence Germany at Rolls-Royce
Deutschland stated, “As discussed at
our successful Capital Markets Day,
we’re continuing to leverage value
from our Pearl engine family. The use
of market-available technologies with
a stable value chain reduces the overall
risk and controls the development and
product costs of platforms serving our
security. In turn, this strengthens the
international competitiveness of such
a system in the long-term, and build-
L To R : Alex Zino (Head of Global Network & Director of Business Development and Future Programmes),
Jörg Au (Director Engineering , Technology & Safety Civil Aerospace), René Bernstein (VP Defence ing on available advanced technology
Germany), Carlos Alzola (Managing Director ITP Aero), Dirk Geisinger (Director Business Aviation), Nils will enable the industry to move fast to
Hilmer (State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Defence) and Alvaro Santodomingo (Defence Business
Unit Executive) make such complex products market-

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