Created by Rolls-Royce in the early 1930s, the Merlin engine was an evolution of an earlier Rolls-Royce project called the PV12 –PV meaning private venture and 12 being the number of ...

BAE will receive more than GBP500 million for supplying the 57 jets, while Rolls-Royce will get up to GBP200 million for supplying the Mk871 variant of its Adour engines, the two companies said.