Fairbanks Morse Defense agreed to acquire Naval Propulsors & Handling business of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (LSE:RR.) on September 19, 2024. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. acted as financial advisor for Fairbanks Morse Defense. The acquisition will include a range of propellers and waterjets for naval applications, as well as marine handling systems, which enable the deployment and recovery of manned and unmanned craft, and other cargo, from naval vessels. The sale comprises the naval propulsors units in Pascagoula, Mississippi and Walpole, Massachusetts, in the US, as well as the specialized naval handling systems unit in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. BofA Securities acted as financial advisor to Rolls-Royce Holdings plc.
Andrew Weil, Brian Wohlberg, Paolo Morante, William Bartow, Kurtis Weaver, Brad Jorgensen of DLA Piper LLP (US) & Russel Drew of DLA Piper (Canada) LLP acted as legal advisors for Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (LSE:RR.)
Fairbanks Morse Defense completed the acquisition of Naval Propulsors & Handling business of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc (LSE:RR.) on July 16, 2025.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc specializes in the design, manufacture and marketing of engines for the aeronautics, marine, and energy sectors. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- commercial aero engines (50.6%);
- military military aero engines, naval engines and submarine nuclear power plants (25.3%);
- power and propulsion systems (23.9%): intended for power plants;
- other (0.2%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (14%), Germany (5.5%), Europe (15.3%), the United States (30%), North America (1.4%), China (7.4%), Asia (13.2%), Middle East (6.2%), Central and South America (2.7%), Australasia (2.2%) and Africa (2.1%).
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