Editing Allison Engine Company (section)

{{Short description|American aircraft engine manufacturer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Allison Engine Company
| logo = Allison engines logo.png
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| type = [[division (business)|Division]]
| industry = [[Aerospace engineering|Aerospace]]
| predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = -->
| founded = <!-- if known: {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} in [[city]], country -->
| founder = [[James A. Allison|James Allison]]
| defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| fate = Acquired by [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce plc]] in 1995, becoming [[Rolls-Royce North America]]
| successor = [[Rolls-Royce North America]]
| hq_location_city = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States]]
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| products = 
| owner = <!-- or: | owners = -->
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| num_employees_year = <!-- Year of num_employees data (if known) -->
| parent = [[General Motors]]<br />(1929–1995)
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}}

The '''Allison Engine Company''' was an American [[aircraft engine]] manufacturer. Shortly after the death of [[James A. Allison|James Allison]] in 1929 the company was purchased by the [[Fisher Body|Fisher brothers]]. Fisher sold the company to [[General Motors]], which owned it for most of its history. It was acquired by [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce plc]] in 1995 to become the US [[subsidiary]], [[Rolls-Royce North America]].