Now I can keep an eye on one of my monitored stocks which I'm currently in.

I believe RR are one of the engine suppliers for the A330.

China agrees $8bn Airbus plane deal

It includes an order for 42 Airbus A320 aircraft and 18 A330 planes.

Interim management Statement

Current trading in line with expectations, guidance for the full year confirmed
Trading in the first quarter has been consistent with our expectations and, for the full year, we continue to expect modest growth in underlying revenue and good growth in underlying profit, with cash flow around breakeven. Guidance for the business segments remains unchanged.

Since the preliminary 2012 results in February, we have won a US$1.6bn order from International Airlines Group (IAG) for Trent XWB engines, with long-term TotalCare® service support, to power 18 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft; we have signed multiple contracts to provide and service military transport engines for the US Air Force and US Marine Corps; and we have started construction of the state-of-the-art Core Manufacturing Facility in Derby that will produce reactor cores for the UK's current and future Submarines Programme.

Tognum update
Engine Holding, the Group's joint venture with Daimler, acquired the remaining minority shares in Tognum in March and Tognum has subsequently been de-listed. We will continue to guide Tognum separately for 2013. We expect underlying revenue and underlying profit to be broadly flat in the full year compared to 2012, unchanged from the guidance given by Tognum in March 2013.

Organisational change
Tony Wood has been appointed President - Aerospace and will take up his new role on May 13. He replaces Mark King who has decided to resign from the company at the end of June. Tony, presently President - Marine, has worked for Rolls-Royce for 12 years and has experience in both the Civil Aerospace and Defence Aerospace businesses.

Lawrie Haynes, currently President - Nuclear, is appointed to a new position, President - Marine & Nuclear.

Half year results
We will report the Group's results for the six month period ending 30 June 2013 on 25 July 2013.

Half Yearly report

Group Highlights
· Tognum consolidated for the first time in the Group's half year results.

· First flight of the Trent XWB-powered Airbus A350.

· Order book of £69.2 billion, up 15%; up 12% excluding Tognum.

· Underlying revenue of £7.3 billion, up 27%; up 9% excluding Tognum.

· Underlying profit before tax of £840 million, up 34%; up 32% excluding Tognum.

· Reported profit before financing of £884 million, down 30% due to IAE disposal profit in 2012.

· Payment to shareholders of 8.6 pence per share, up 13%.

SUNDAY NEWSPAPER SHARE TIPS: Rolls-Royce

By Compiled By Thisismoney

PUBLISHED: 13:22, 28 July 2013 | UPDATED: 13:28, 28 July 2013



Rolls-Royce has enjoyed a record decade of success.

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Budget airlines easyJet and Ryanair are ordering new aircraft as they try to grab more market share from full-service carriers and save money with more fuel-efficient engines.


Aircraft engine giant Rolls-Royce is poised to benefit, as jet fuel costs increase, regulations about noise at airports tighten and aircraft makers build ever-bigger models.


Rolls has four main business lines, with half its revenues coming from civil aerospace, 20 per cent from defence, 18 per cent from its marine division and 8 per cent from energy.


The defence business is the only real negative spot as military budgets are squeezed, although even in this business Rolls expects modest revenue growth this year.


On Thursday Rolls posted a better-than-expected set of interim results, sending its shares up 5 per cent to a record level. Underlying pre-tax profits leapt 34 per cent to £840million during the first six months of the year, while revenues were 27 per cent higher to £7.3billion.


Cost-cutting was announced in an attempt to boost margins.


Rolls is currently embroiled in a bribery and corruption scandal. The engineer stands accused of paying middlemen to win contracts for jet engines in Indonesia and China, and is being probed by the Serious Fraud Office.


However, the investigation is in its early stages at the moment and appears to be concerned with intermediaries used by Rolls. While the probe and potential for fines are serious, investors should not be overly concerned right now.


Management is right to focus on the margin issue. Like its engines, Rolls needs to become more efficient and turn more of its revenue into earnings. The long-term outlook for the company is sound and even at 1200p the shares continue to rate as a buy.

Re Contract

ROLLS-ROYCE WINS US$175M CONTRACT TO
POWER KAZAKHSTAN-CHINA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE

Rolls-Royce today announced a $175 million contract to supply Asia Gas Pipeline LLP (AGP) with equipment and related services to power the flow of natural gas through Kazakhstan's Line C Gas Pipeline, part of the vast 1,833km long Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline network.

Rolls-Royce will supply AGP, a joint venture between Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGaz and China's National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), with twelve RB211 gas turbine driven pipeline compressor units which will operate at four compressor stations along the 1,115km Line C Pipeline.

Beimbet Shayakhmetov, AGP, General Director, said: "The AGP Pipeline will help to meet Kazakhstan's domestic energy needs and to stabilise China's energy consumption with cleaner natural gas. Given the huge scale and tight construction schedule of this project we need on-time delivery of reliable and efficient technology. Rolls-Royce proven technology provides an excellent fit and we are delighted to again cooperate with them to support us in transportation of the gas."

Andrew Heath, Rolls-Royce, President - Energy, said: "Rolls-Royce technology is at the heart of China and Central Asia's growing energy infrastructure. This contract strengthens our relationship with AGP and with Kazakhstan where we have established a strong track-record of reliable delivery."

When it reaches full operating capacity in 2016, the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline network will transport up to 55 billion cubic metres of gas each year (bcm/a) from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to China. The Line C Pipeline in Kazakhstan will contribute up to 25 bcm/a of the total capacity, including potential to supply gas domestically to the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The contract is in addition to an award for eleven RB211 gas turbine driven pipeline compressor units secured by Rolls-Royce in 2009 for AGP's Line A and B pipelines.

Rolls-Royce will manufacture and package the equipment at its energy facilities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA.

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Rolls-Royce wins Japan Airlines order for 31 aircraft

StockMarketWire.com

Rolls-Royce said Japan Airlines has ordered 31 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, which are powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. No financial details of the order were given.





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r-r main problem is capacity - all production sites globally are at capacity hence large facilities expansion program going on including derby where the rotatives site is currently being optimised for capacity and increased - watch this space onwards & upwards for r-r

the global production for trent and others has a very steep northern trend which r-r fully expects to fulfil and in fact exceed

£20 should be achieved 12 months or less as these come to fruition

gla

Re Contract

ROLLS-ROYCE AWARDED $50.7 MILLION CONTRACT TO SERVICE US NAVY
T-45 TRAINER AIRCRAFT ENGINES

Rolls-Royce has been awarded a $50.7 million MissionCare™ contract extension by the US Department of Defense to provide continued support for the F405 (Adour) engines that power the US Navy's T-45 training aircraft.

The contract extension will continue the successful MissionCare support which has provided the US Navy's training fleet with guaranteed availability over the past ten years. Rolls-Royce uses its innovative MissionCare to apply commercial Power By The Hour® principles to the unique requirements of the defense industry, resulting in affordable, predictable service costs for customers.

Paul Craig, Rolls-Royce, President - Defense Services, said: "Rolls-Royce MissionCare delivers affordability and availability through innovative service to our customers. The US Navy contract has proven to be one of our most successful partnerships and we take great pride in supporting the training of new aviators for the Navy and Marine Corps.

Interim Management Statement

Current trading in line with expectations
Trading is consistent with the guidance for the Group provided at our half year results in July. For the full year, the Group continues to expect modest growth in underlying revenue and good growth in underlying profit, with cash flow around breakeven.

Guidance for the business segments remains unchanged, except in Defence Aerospace, where we have changed our guidance for underlying profit from broadly flat to modest growth, and in Marine, where we have changed our guidance for underlying profit from modest growth to broadly flat.

Tognum, which we are providing guidance for separately this year, continues to trade in line with expectations.


A consistent strategy delivering shareholder value
Since our half year results in July, Rolls-Royce has achieved some important milestones.

In Civil Aerospace, we welcomed the decision by Japan Airlines to order 31 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, which are powered by Trent XWB engines. Lufthansa selected Trent XWB engines worth $1.5 billion, including TotalCare® service support, to power 25 Airbus A350-900 aircraft. Trent 1000 engines powered the successful first test flight of the Boeing 787-9, the second member of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner family. And, because of the current regulatory environment, we agreed with United Technologies Corp. not to proceed with our intention to form a new joint venture to develop an engine to power future mid-size aircraft (120-230 passenger aircraft). We remain fully committed to this important market segment and will continue to invest in technologies that will enable us to take advantage of opportunities as they arise.

In Defence Aerospace, we signed multiple contracts worth over $600 million to provide and service military engines for various US government departments. We also completed the sale of our 50 per cent shareholding and interest in the RTM322 helicopter engine programme to Turbomeca (a Safran company), for which we received a cash consideration of €293 million that is not included in the Group's guidance for cash flow.

In Marine and Power Systems, we were selected to design the propulsion system for the Royal Navy's future Type 26 Global Combat Ship. Subject to contract, this system will feature the world's most powerful marine gas turbine, the Rolls-Royce MT30 in combination with Tognum MTU diesel gensets and Series 4000 engines.

In Power Systems, Tognum announced that it will expand its Research and Development Center at the MTU Aiken Plant. The investment will double the center's development capacity with the addition of two new test cells for off-highway diesel engines.


Preliminary 2013 full year results
We will report the Group's preliminary results for the financial year ending 31 December 2013 on 13 February 2014.

Re Contract

ROLLS-ROYCE WINS $5BN ETIHAD AIRWAYS ORDER
TO POWER 50 AIRBUS A350 XWB AIRCRAFT

Rolls-Royce has won a $5bn order from Etihad Airways for Trent XWB engines, the world's most efficient engine flying today, to power 50 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft. The order includes long-term TotalCare® support.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has ordered 24 A350-900 Regional, 16 A350-900 and 10 A350-1000 aircraft.

The order takes the total number of Etihad A350 aircraft on order to 62, all powered by the Trent XWB.

James Hogan, Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Airways, said: "We have been very impressed with the Trent XWB's development during testing and first flight. The engine will enable us to offer new levels of efficiency and will help maintain Etihad's fleet as one of the greenest in the sky."

Tony Wood, Rolls-Royce, President - Aerospace, said: "This is a significant order for the Trent XWB from a valued customer. We are delighted that Etihad Airways is continuing to expand its fleet of Rolls-Royce powered aircraft and we look forward to developing our relationship further. The Trent XWB is the largest-selling Trent engine, with more than 1,600 on order prior to entry into service next year."

The airline also has 28 A330 aircraft in service powered by Trent 700 engines and 11 A340s in service powered by Trent 500 engines.

The Trent XWB, specifically designed for the Airbus A350 XWB, powered the first test flight of the A350 XWB at Toulouse on 14 June this year.

Etihad has also ordered Trent 700 engines to power one Airbus A330 freighter aircraft with TotalCare support.

19 November 2013

ROLLS-ROYCE TO WORK WITH MUBADALA TO ESTABLISH ABU DHABI AS A KEY AEROSPACE HUB

Rolls-Royce confirmed at the Dubai Air Show today that it has entered into a Strategic Framework Agreement with Mubadala Aerospace, Communications Technology and Defense Services (ACTDS) to establish the Emirate of Abu Dhabi as a key member of Rolls-Royce's global network for maintenance and manufacturing activities.

As part of the agreement, Rolls-Royce is supporting Mubadala to become established as an approved Trent XWB engine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider within its global Engine MRO network and the first such facility in the Middle East region. The region is earmarked to have one of the highest concentrations of Trent XWB engines in the world in the coming decade.

In addition, Rolls-Royce has committed to helping establish, and become a founding member of, the first advanced manufacturing research centre in the region to support Mubadala's goal to become a Tier 1 aerospace industry supplier.

Rolls-Royce also plans to source engine components valued at up to $500 million over a ten year period from Mubadala once it has a manufacturing capability.

Tony Wood, President -- Aerospace, Rolls-Royce plc, said: "We are delighted to work with Mubadala to establish Abu Dhabi as a key aerospace hub for the support of Trent XWB engine maintenance, repair and overhaul and for component manufacturing. This is an exciting opportunity which will significantly extend both our aerospace supply chain and aero engine support capabilities in the region."

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Another big hitter on my watch list looking overdone, support @ 1200

Well it was :O)

Wee bounce back to 200DMA still watching.

Espirito Santo reiterates neutral on RR., target raised from 1100p to 1250p.

Exane BNP Paribas Outperform 1,164.00 1,160.00 - 1,350.00 Reiterates

200DMA breached and holding for now, jobs report USA seems to be the catalyst this aft to see if recovery in stocks is viable. Could be a load of bollxxks also of course :O)

Final Results


Group Highlights

· Order book of £71.6bn, up 19%
· Underlying revenue of £15.5bn, up 27%
· Underlying profit before tax of £1,759m, up 23%
· Reported profit before tax of £1,759m, down 36%
· Payment to shareholders of 22 pence per share, up 13%
· Tognum, now part of Power Systems, consolidated for the first time in the full year results