Rolls-Royce Corporation

Rolls-Royce Corporation, a foreign-owned aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a dominant prime contractor delivering advanced turbine engines, aircraft propulsion components, engine maintenance and repair services, and technical engineering support to the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies on a full-and-open competitive basis with no SBA set-aside designations. The company holds 98 percent of its federal portfolio as prime awards across 11,451 total federal transactions—the vast majority structured as delivery orders against indefinite delivery contracts—and competes exclusively without small business certifications.

Rolls-Royce's customer concentration is severe and defense-concentrated. Naval Air Systems Command anchors $14.16 billion in combined potential value across 508 awards (35 percent of the company's total federal dollars), while the Air Force's Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base holds $11.09 billion across 485 awards. The Air Force's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex accounts for $4.22 billion across 122 awards. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation represents the largest award count at 5,867 awards but contributes only $3.28 billion, indicating high-volume, lower-value component and sustainment transactions. The top five customers account for 83 percent of combined potential value, and the top five parent vehicles—led by two indefinite delivery contracts (F3460101D0155 with 2,252 task orders and SPE4AX20D9400 with 2,049 task orders)—structure most of the company's federal work.

Rolls-Royce's capability portfolio centers on aircraft engine components, propulsion system sustainment, and engineering services. Representative prime awards include a $36.5 million definitive contract from Naval Air Systems Command on July 13, 2026, for AE1107C turboshaft engine sustainment; a $29.76 million delivery order from Naval Air Systems Command on August 1, 2026, for Marine Corps active requirements supporting two engine platforms; a $16.96 million definitive contract from the Coast Guard on September 15, 2026, for 326 line items of flight-critical spare engine components for HC-130J aircraft AE2100D3 engines; a $14.79 million delivery order from the Air Force's Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex on July 1, 2026, for MC-130J propulsion over-and-above support; and a $5.32 million delivery order from Naval Air Warfare Center on April 8, 2026, for T56-SIV engine sustainment. The company also holds two strategic indefinite delivery contracts: a $14.81 million single-award IDIQ from Naval Sea Systems Command (awarded September 12, 2025, extending through September 11, 2030) for MT30 engineering and technical services, and an $8.37 million single-award IDIQ from the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (awarded April 16, 2025, expiring April 15, 2027) for SEM/EDX JETSCAN diagnostic equipment repair, preventative maintenance, equipment restoration, and training.

Activity has declined sharply over the past two years. Awards per year dropped from 756 in 2023 to 474 in 2025 and 179 through mid-September 2026, suggesting a downward trend in new task-order generation or procurement volume. In the next twenty-four months, 359 awards (combined potential value $1.05 billion) reach ultimate completion, representing moderate recompete exposure. The most recent definitive contract award (HC-130J spare parts) on September 15, 2026, carries a ceiling of $16.96 million and an ultimate completion date of December 19, 2028.

Service Contract Inventory reporting shows SCI-invoiced revenue of $448.8 million across fiscal years 2022–2025, concentrated in FY2022 ($206.8 million across 65.4 FTEs) and FY2023 ($203.2 million across 48.6 FTEs), dropping sharply to $18.1 million in FY2024 and $20.7 million in FY2025 as the FTE workforce contracted from 64.4 to 5.3. These figures represent federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and exclude goods, products, and classified work; they are a strict subset of the company's total federal revenue and do not reflect Rolls-Royce's full enterprise picture, which is substantially larger. Government-paid median hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ran around $788 per hour, with senior labor reaching $1,731 per hour. The company operates as an integrated prime, with subcontractors representing only 2 percent of hours across SCI prime contracts.

Rolls-Royce serves as a sub-award supplier to major defense primes including Huntington Ingalls Incorporated (DDG-51 class ship construction and planning/engineering efforts), The Boeing Company (B-52 CERP modification with subsystem modeling updates), Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (IFC4.2 configuration retrofits), and RTX Corporation (tooling and parts support). The company also received a sub-award from Purdue University on March 24, 2026, for research on multi-particle impact wear in high-speed aeroengines.

The corporate structure includes a named subsidiary, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., also foreign-owned and organized as a for-profit manufacturer. Federal contract awards in the source are rendered to the parent entity, Rolls-Royce Corporation.