Talk:Allison Engine Company

The article is not clear on how Allison Engine transitioned from General Motors to Rolls Royce. I hope someone will clarify this. Thanks.New name for a vital member of the Rolls-Royce family23 August 2005

Indianapolis, IN – The Allison Advanced Development Company (AADC) has changed its name to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. This new name better positions the organization as a Rolls-Royce company providing full-service advanced technology and system solutions. The company will continue to be based in Indianapolis, IN.

"Our goal is to offer greater value to our customers and to do this, we needed to redefine and reposition ourselves, said Ron York, Chief Operating Officer, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. "We want to be known as a storefront for advanced R&D and technology programs, able to provide front-end technical services across all Rolls-Royce businesses. Changing our name is an important step in this mission."

"We've also restructured and put improved program management tools and processes in place to better handle larger, more comprehensive projects," continued York.

For marketing purposes, the company will also use the name "LibertyWorks™". Liberty is the name both of a current Rolls-Royce engine built in Indianapolis – the AE1107 that powers the V-22 Osprey – as well as the first aero engine built at that site. "Works" is a naming convention well-known and respected for advanced research and development in the US defense industry.

A personal related story: My father, Bill Bo Rice, joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 17 in 1942, I don't think I need to explain the significance of that year. Subsequent to boot camp, he was sent into the aviation maintenance area and became an Aviation Machinist Mate. He enjoyed Navy life and made it a career, which was good and beneficial for him and our family generally, but it made various and heavy tolls on him and the rest of the family. None the less, in his Navy career he advanced up the ranks from an E-1 to an O-4, a Lieutenant Commander (a person who accomplishes this in the U.S. Navy is known as a "Mustang", for reasons which I do not know), which is the rank he retired at after 30 years of service in 1972.

Well, for the personal part, in the early years of his career my father worked many hours on Allison Aircraft Engine Company engines, and became enamored with the name "Allison". In 1954 when I was born, I was given the name "Allison Barton Rice". I am a 53 year old man at the time of this writing. As you may imagine, it was a bit difficult to deal with as a child but I rather like it now. Not to leave this story incomplete, he told me that shortly before I was born, he was having a conversation with a friend of his, a fellow Navy member, about my impending birth. His friend, for some reason that I do not know of, told him if his child about to be born was a boy, call him "Bart". Thus, my middle name "Barton"

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