This week's Flight International features reports from Los Angeles and London on the battle to power the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the development of the Airbus Military A400M’s engine, the Europrop TP400.

To read the features on the latest programme developments and to look at Flight International’s commercial engine directory, click on the links below.

  Power demands

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Development of the Airbus Military A400M’s engine, the Europrop TP400-D6, has overcome early difficulties, and is now on schedule for 2007 certification
By Julian Moxon in London

 

 

The battle to power the Joint Strike Fighter harks back to the 'Great Engine War'  fought a decade ago over the F-15 and F-16.  But will competition bring benefits?
By Guy Norris in Los Angeles

How the rival powerplants stand

 

  Power of two   

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Flight International's commercial engine directory

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Flight International's commercial engine directory is now available online, sponsored by CFM International. The directory lists all engines in production or in use on commercial aircraft and shows on which aircraft types the engines are used, as well as giving some basic engine specification data.

 

Source: Flight International