Rolls-Royce completes $1 billion investment in Indiana
The investment — the largest the company has made in the United States — modernized advanced manufacturing across the Indianapolis campus and added full engine-test capability, including new ground test facilities, and an altitude test facility in West Lafayette.
Rolls-Royce has marked the completion of a USD 1 billion, decade-long investment in its Indiana manufacturing, assembly and test facilities.
“This billion-dollar investment is about more than buildings and test cells — it is about delivering for the American warfighter, on time and at the standard our customers expect,” Adam Riddle, President, Defense, and CEO, Rolls-Royce North America, said. “We made this investment because it was the right thing to do for U.S. national security and for the future of Rolls-Royce.”
The investment — the largest the company has made in the United States — modernized advanced manufacturing across the Indianapolis campus and added full engine-test capability, including new ground test facilities, and an altitude test facility in West Lafayette, Rolls-Royce said.
More Rolls-Royce defense products are built in Indianapolis than anywhere else in the world.
“Rolls-Royce has called Indiana home for three decades, and this billion-dollar investment is a vote of confidence in Hoosier workers and our state,” Indiana Governor Mike Braun said. “Advanced manufacturing like this is exactly what keeps Indiana’s economy strong and growing.”
The campus tests and builds engines for a range of defense and commercial platforms, including future engines for the US Air Force B-52 strategic bomber and the US Army’s MV-75 Cheyenne, as well as current engines for the V-22 Osprey, the US Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray and the C-130J, Rolls-Royce said.
“Rolls-Royce understands the importance of producing advanced military technologies here in the United States, and this billion-dollar investment shows that Indiana is leading the way in meeting the needs of our defense industrial base,” Indiana US Senator Todd Young said.
Rolls-Royce employs approximately 3,500 people in Indianapolis, including a skilled UAW workforce, and supports thousands more jobs through its Indiana supply chain.
“The engines built in Indianapolis power the aircraft our warfighters depend on, and this investment strengthens the American defense industrial base at a moment when we need it most,” Indiana Senator Jim Banks said. “Rolls-Royce is proving that we can manufacture the most advanced military technology in the world right here in Indiana.”
Indiana Congresswoman Erin Houchin added that the USD 1 billion investment by Rolls-Royce illustrates “our world-class manufacturing tradition and highly skilled workforce,” keeping Indiana at the top of the defense sector supply chain.
