Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a leading British multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The Rolls-Royce business traces its origins to 1906 and has developed into a major global provider of complex power and propulsion solutions for safety-critical applications in the air, at sea and on land. The company operates primarily through three major business areas: Civil Aerospace, Defence, and Power Systems, developing aircraft engines, defence propulsion and power systems, and other advanced engineering technologies. Rolls-Royce serves major commercial aviation, defence, marine and power-generation customers worldwide and has more than a century of engineering heritage and innovation.