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 * Rolls-Royce brought a model of the Global Hawk reconnaissance airplane to campus to show off the work of Purdue alumni and help recruit Purdue students. (2 minutes, 56 seconds) |
September 17, 2009
Rolls-Royce joins more than 200 companies actively recruiting Purdue students
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Rolls-Royce brought a full-scale model of the Northrop Grumman Global Hawk unmanned military aircraft to Purdue University Airport for public view on Sept. 9 and 10.The RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system is used by the U.S. Air Force as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. Cruising at altitudes of more than 60,000 feet, it can survey large geographic areas with pinpoint accuracy, giving military decision-makers real-time information regarding enemy location, resources and personnel.
Rolls-Royce builds the aircraft's AE 3007H engines in Indianapolis.
Approximately 500 Rolls-Royce employees hold Purdue degrees, and many of those alumni work in support of the Global Hawk. Several alumni have been on campus to explain the plane and its technology, share what they do as professional engineers, and encourage Purdue students to continue their engineering studies to join the profession, perhaps in Indiana.
Rolls-Royce university business executive Denny Warner said his company's relationship with Purdue is a priority.
"We're here in central Indiana, and we're beneficiaries of our proximity to a high-tech university such as Purdue," Warner said. "Purdue students have a great work ethic. At Rolls-Royce they have the opportunity to do interesting work and get paid well for it."
Rolls-Royce and Northrop Grumman are just two of the more than two hundred companies that visited campus to recruit Purdue students during the 30th annual Industrial Roundtable career fair, sponsored by the Purdue Engineering Student Council.
Writer: Jim Schenke, 765-494-6262, jschenke@purdue.edu
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