Global aerospace and defence technology major Rolls-Royce has entered into a strategic partnership with India’s digital solutions leader Infosys for sourcing engineering and R&D Services for Rolls-Royce’s Civil Aerospace business in India. Rolls-Royce established an Engineering and R&D center in Bengaluru, which covers the full range of sub-functions and specialisms in R&D.
As part of the partnership, Rolls-Royce will continue these complex engineering activities in India in partnership with Infosys. The company will engage Infosys and share part of its engineering center capabilities for Civil Aerospace in Bengaluru.
According to Kishore Jayaraman, President, Rolls-Royce India & South Asia, India is a key contributor to the Rolls-Royce global engineering ecosystem, delivering high levels of technical capability to support a broad range of complex business demands. He also mentioned that with the partnership Rolls-Royce will continue this high capability engineering work in India, in partnership with Infosys securing the full range of our engineering capabilities here.
Infosys will provide high-end engineering and R&D services integrated with advanced digital service to Rolls-Royce, leveraging its expertise in core engineering services, digital transformation capabilities, and Rolls-Royce product knowledge acquired through the partnership.
Jasmeet Singh, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Manufacturing, Infosys, opined, “it is important to integrate the physical knowledge of a product with digital capabilities like Industry 4.0, additive manufacturing, and predictive analytics.” He believes Infosys will support Rolls Royce in addressing Civil Aerospace industry challenges and add up to Infosys’ deep experience in turbomachinery.
Infosys provides engineering services and end-to-end solutions to customers in the turbomachinery, propulsion (TMP), aerospace, and defence industries. This partnership will strengthen Infosys’ existing capabilities in Turbomachinery and Propulsion that are currently delivered through a network of engineering centers in Mysore, Baden, and Karlovac.
