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Rolls-Royce Not Interested In Air Force’s New Bomber

Pat Host

Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

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Rolls-Royce Not Interested In Air Force’s New Bomber

Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is not interested in competing for the engine portion of the Air Force’s classified new bomber program, according to a company executive. “I don’t believe we have a product that would suit the needs of the program,” Rolls-Royce Senior Vice President for United States Government Programs Tom Hartmann told reporters Wednesday during a briefing in downtown Washington. “(We) don’t have anything else in the pipeline that looks like that class of motor.” Hartmann cautioned that he hadn’t…

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