ILA Berlin Air Present, Thursday, 23 June 2022 EUROJET Turbo GmbH (EUROJET), the consortium liable for the EJ200 engine put in within the Eurofighter Storm, has at the moment signed a contract with the NATO Eurofighter & Twister Administration Company (NETMA) to supply 48 new EJ200 engines for the Spanish Air Pressure.
The contract, signed on the ILA Berlin Air Present, between Common Miguel Ángel Martín Pérez, Common Supervisor of NETMA and Gerhard Bähr, CEO of EUROJET, covers EJ200 engines for the Eurofighter Storm fighter plane as a part of Mission Halcón. The plane will enter service on the Canary Islands, including to the prevailing Spanish fleet of 70 Eurofighters.
EUROJET indicators contract with NETMA to supply 48 new EJ200 engines for the Spanish Air Pressure
In widespread with all EJ200 engines for the Spanish Air Pressure, remaining meeting of the engines will likely be performed by ITP Aero at their Ajalvir facility with deliveries scheduled from 2024 onwards. Manufacturing of the engine modules will likely be carried out by the 4 companion firms of the EUROJET consortium; Rolls-Royce, MTU Aero Engines, ITP Aero and Avio Aero.
On signature of the contract, Mr Bähr said: “I wish to thank the Spanish buyer for his or her confidence within the Eurofighter platform, the EUROJET consortium, and the efficiency and sustainability of the EJ200 engines. This order enhances European defence functionality and concurrently offers long-term safety for various extremely expert jobs within the European aerospace trade.”
Common Miguel Ángel Martín Pérez stated: “With at the moment’s Halcón contract signature, we conclude efficiently a joint new Storm procurement endeavour with 48 new EJ200 engines for Spain. The second is strategic for a number of causes: to proceed supporting Aerospace trade restoration after the COVID period, to function a transparent message that the EJ200 is a dependable asset, and to strengthen NATO deterrence capabilities.”
ABOUT EUROJET:
The EUROJET consortium is liable for the administration of the EJ200 engine programme. EUROJET’s shareholders comprise Rolls-Royce (UK), MTU Aero Engines (Germany), ITP Aero (Spain) and Avio Aero (Italy). The engine represents excellent and progressive know-how and regularly demonstrates its distinctive efficiency within the Eurofighter Storm. With its unprecedented efficiency report, mixed with multi-role functionality and highest availability at aggressive life-cycle prices, the EJ200 engine is completely set to satisfy air pressure necessities, each of at the moment and the long run.
Since supply of the primary manufacturing engine in 2003, over 1300 EJ200 manufacturing engines have been delivered to Air Pressure buyer fleets of 9 nations, and the EJ200 engine has achieved in extra of 1.5 million engine flying hours.
Excessive Decision photos of the EJ200 might be downloaded from: http://www.eurojet.de/media