2 August 2006 – Mountaintop, PA – Rolls-Royce recently awarded Smiths Aerospace a long-term contract worth a potential of $20 million per year through 2012 for engine components on the Trent 1000 engine for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The engine components for the program will be manufactured by Smiths' facilities in North Carolina , U.S. and in Birmingham , UK .

“We are very pleased to be associated with Rolls-Royce on their leading Trent 1000 program. Our engine components business maintains technological leadership in rings, machining, and fabrications,” commented Dr. Peter Wright, President, Smiths Aerospace Components. “Components is a growing business for Smiths and we are investing in new programs and technologies.”

As a result of this latest win, overall Smiths content on the Trent 1000 will be approximately $200,000 per engine or more than $400,000 per aircraft. S miths will be providing various rotating and non-rotating engine components produced from forgings and flash-welded rings. The components include thin wall aero-engine parts such as retaining rings, front panels and sub-assemblies.

Smiths Aerospace is a leading transatlantic aerospace equipment and systems company, with more than $2 billion sales and 11,000 employees globally. Smiths Aerospace, a part of Smiths Group, holds key positions in the supply chains of all major military and civil aircraft and engine manufacturers and is a world-leader in digital, electrical power, mechanical systems, engine components and Systems Customer Services. www.geaviationsystems.com

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