The Rolls-Royce AE engine family has topped 70 million engine flight hours, amassing a record of steady and proficient service across military and commercial fleets in the US and around the world.
Rolls-Royce AE engines power C-130Js, V-22s, Global Hawks and numerous other military, corporate and regional aircraft. They serve the US Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard, NASA and various military and civil customers globally.
In 1989, the AE engine line began as a powerplant for the V-22 tiltrotor aircraft for the US Marine Corps and US Air Force Special Operations Command, with first flight of the V-22. Derivatives of the engine soon found their way onto other aircraft as the power and dependable design proved adaptable. All Rolls-Royce AE engines share a common engine core, and are about 80 percent common in their manufacture.
Phil Burkholder, Rolls-Royce, president Defense Aerospace, remarked, “The versatility and dependability of the Rolls-Royce AE engine family is legendary, and has been proven in more than 70 million flight hours in military and commercial service around the world. And there’s more innovation to come: an AE 1107 engine will provide the power for the new DARPA X-Plane.”
