A Modern Technology Solutions Inc.-Shift5 partnership has been selected to create an embedded system cybersecurity environment for military aircraft and ship engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce.

Rolls-Royce and Reaction Engines have agreed to team up to build high-speed aircraft propulsion platforms and explore the use of Reaction Engines' thermal management technologies in hybrid-electric systems and gas turbine engines for defense and civil aerospace platforms.

Textron's Bell subsidiary has awarded contracts to Rolls-Royce and aerospace technology manufacturer Astronics to provide propulsion and power generation systems to support Bell's bid for the U.S. Army's Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft competition.

The Department of Defense has awarded contract actions worth $36.9M combined to Rolls-Royce and aircraft fuel technology provider Amfuel in a move to drive domestic production at the industrial-base level.

Rolls-Royce has secured a six-year, $70.3M contract to help the U.S. Navy repair and maintain controllable pitch propeller hubs for guided-missile destroyers, cruisers, landing docks and mine countermeasures ships.

Rolls-Royce has built its first electronic engine controller at a facility near Purdue University in Indiana to support the development of next-generation aircraft engine technologies.

Rolls-Royce has secured a $69M contract to help the U.S. Air Force sustain components of the T56 aircraft engine.

PAE has appointed Cristal Rice as the vice president of its Readiness & Sustainment group. Rice is an aerospace industry executive with that has deep experience in team leadership and business development. “Cristal has a demonstrated track record for leading high-performing teams and standing up new business development organizations,“ said PAE president and CEO, and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, John Heller. 

James McFadyen, formerly a vice president at Leonardo DRS' naval power systems group, has been named VP and general manager of the aftermarket business at Fairbanks Morse.

The Air Force closed on Wednesday the window for Pratt & Whitney, General Electric's aviation business and Rolls-Royce to submit their proposals for a program to replace the engines of its fleet of 76 Boeing-built B-52 Stratofortress bombers, Breaking Defense reported.

Exostar has launched a working group that will work to modernize supply chain operations in the aerospace and defense sectors.