Rolls-Royce Selected to Power New Navy Destroyer

Rolls-Royce will supply the U.S. Navy’s surface combatant ship with the world’s most powerful marine gas turbine. Four MT30 gas turbine generator sets will be supplied for two DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class destroyers, with deliveries of the 36MW MT30 sets to begin in 2009.

An MT30 generator set currently provides power to the U.S. Navy’s DDG-1000 Land Based Test Site in Philadelphia and the MT30 has also been selected to power the first two Lockheed Martin Littoral Combat Ships. The MT30 is a proven member of the Rolls-Royce Trent aero engine family, which has accumulated over 20 million operating hours powering passenger aircraft in service with more than 60 airlines and operators.

The ships are scheduled to be built at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Mississippi and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The first ship delivery is planned for 2012. The ships feature technological advances in combat and ship propulsion systems and are designed for a variety of missions, including land attack and battle space dominance.