Rolls-Royce sets up Bengaluru facility to support engine fleet

Significant move, given concerns over Sukhoi-30 and MiG-29 engines

Rolls-Royce has opened a facility in Bengaluru to support their 750 engines that power Indian military aircraft, and provides repair and service to engines that urgently require it.

The UK-based engine giant announced on Thursday that its so-called Defence Service Delivery Centre (SDC) in Bengaluru would provide the army and navy with “fleet management, services engineering and supply chain co-ordination. It would also be the base from which Field Service Representatives could be rapidly dispatched to frontline bases, subject to contract coverage, to provide on-ground technical support.”

With the Indian Air Force (IAF) having publicly acknowledged concerns over the serviceability and in-flight