Europrop International (EPI) has completed an initial 35h of testing of the Airbus Military A400M transport’s TP400-D6 turboprop engine since last October, including running the three-shaft design at its maximum power rating of 11,000shp (8,200kW). “The engine has shown satisfactory behaviour, in line with the design predictions,” says the consortium, which plans to conduct the first run of the engine with an eight-bladed Ratier-Figeac propeller next month.
Source: Flight International
Factory work is underway in Marietta, Georgia on the first of three C-130J airframes that Lockheed Martin will deliver to the US Navy as E-130s – a new type meant to replace ageing Boeing E-6B Mercury airborne command post jets.
The UK has conducted a first air-launched guided firing of MBDA’s Spear lightweight cruise missile, from a BAE Systems-operated Eurofighter Typhoon testbed.
Ottawa will station a portion of its new Airbus A330-based aerial refuelling fleet at Edmonton International airport in Alberta province, expanding upon the existing tanker base in Trenton, Ontario.
