HISTORY
Company was incorporated in 1906 by Henry Royce and Charles Rolls building a wide range of
engines for aircrafts ranging from jets to very large airliners. In 1914 it moved into the defence
industry which brought about the design and manufacture of its first aero-engine, „The Eagle‟. The
next two decades saw Rolls Royce promoting gas turbine engine for civil and military aviation
industry. It became one of the two major players in the UK-aero engine industry in the 1960s, along
with Bristol Siddeley. It then strengthened its global presence in the 1990s by entering a joint venture
agreement with BMW in 1990. In 1999, it acquired a series of companies including U.S‟s Cooper
Energy Services, Vickers Plc, and National Automotive Corp in California.