Doncasters has secured a E7.5 million contract to supply Tusas Engine Industries (TEI) with parts for the powerful 11,000shp (8,202 kW) EuroProp International TP400 turboprop engine that will power the Airbus Military A400M.
Mike Askew, Doncasters managing director aerospace, signed the deal with TEI general manager Tayfun Mutlu. Doncasters will supply centrispun cast titanium rings of vanes for the front bearing housing of the TP400.
Source: Flight Daily News
Italy has followed fellow Eurofighter partner nation Spain and placed a long-trailed follow-on order for up to 24 examples of the multirole jet. Disclosed on 23 December, the order, placed via the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency, will see the new fighters replace the Italian air force’s current Tranche ...
Two US naval aviators safely ejected from their Boeing F/A-18F over the Red Sea after the jet was mistakenly targeted by one of the guided missile ships escorting the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman.
Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration has awarded Saab a SKr466 million ($42 million) contract to support further development of the nation’s Gripen C/D fighter fleet.
