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Upon delivery of the flying testbed engine to
Marshall Aerospace in England’s Cambridge
late in 2007, the EPI Europrop International
consortium at the end of February was
pleased to announce further achievements:
Right on schedule, MTU has shipped the last
of the four engines to power the first flight of
the A400M prototype to Airbus in Spain’s
Seville, where the military airlifter undergoes
final assembly. Around that time, TP400-D6
engines logged the 1,000 hour mark on the
ground test stands across Europe. Also delivered
on the dot was the control unit software
The TP400-D6 wins the race: Airbus Military will
equip the A400M with this engine.
Milestones
By Martina Vollmuth
The TP400-D6 program is building momentum: Since November last year, the engine to
power the A400M military transport has been passing one milestone after another.
for the integration tests on the iron bird at
Airbus. If all goes according to plan, the first
military airlifter will take off for its maiden
flight this summer.
Meanwhile at MTU Aero Engines in Ludwigsfelde,
preparations are underway full steam
for the final assembly of the production
engines. This is where the TP400-D6’s sole
final assembly line will be operated. “Also,
we’re seriously looking into the maintenance
of engines in the field,” MTU CEO Egon Behle
explains. MTU is desirous to provide the
MTU presents the first TP400-D6 component – the
intermediate-pressure compressor. It makes its first
run in Munich in end-November.
German Air Force with all possible support
also on that program. Its credentials for the
job are years of fruitful experience under the
industry-military cooperative model of engine
maintenance, according to Behle.
The TP400-D6 is put through its paces and successfully
passes its first run in MTU’s new test facility in
Ludwigsfelde.
Certification testing starts: At MTU an engine is
assembled for comprehensive ground tests.
In March 2008 the flying test bed, a Hercules C-130, is equipped with a TP400-D6 at Marshall Aerospace in
Cambridge in England.
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Nearing flight testing: In end-November the TP400-D6
intended for the flying test bed is being readied for
dispatch at MTU.
For additional information, contact
Gerhard Bähr
+49 89 1489-8542
For further information on this article go to:
www.mtu.de/108TP400_E
The first shipset for the A400M’s maiden flight is
ready in end-February, and the four engines are
delivered to the A400M final assembly line in Spain’s
Seville.
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