The Airbus chairman and CEO signed that letter ... Following an interim fix on the propeller gear box, the A400M can now fly 650 hours, or a little more than a year's operation, before a ...

Each engine has eight Ratier-Figeac propeller blades measuring 5 meters ... It can hold 116 soldiers or fully equipped paratroopers. -- Airbus says the A400M's size allows it to combine strategic ...

The propeller system has been influenced by Airbus’s A400M military transport plane, “probably the most advanced propeller-powered product today”, he says. Andy Reynolds, head of hydrogen ...

Airbus Military's all-new A400M four-engine turboprop military ... each and are the most powerful propeller engines ever fitted to a Western aircraft. As planned, the six-man crew extensively ...

After years of delays and huge cost over-runs, Airbus on Monday delivered its first A400M military transport ... are due to certify a modified Avio propeller gearbox in September, an interim ...

Ratier-Figeac has completed the first propeller for the Airbus Military A400M four-engined transport. The 5.3m (17ft)-diameter, eight-bladed propeller will equip the 11,000shp (8,200kW ...

Simply sign up to the European companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The A400M programme has been plagued by persistent capability shortfalls and technological problems The ...

Ratier-Figeac has completed the first propeller for the Airbus Military A400M four-engined transport. The 5.3m (17ft)-diameter, eight-bladed propeller will equip the 11,000shp (8,200kW ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Airbus is sticking to plans to deliver 20 of its A400M military transporter planes this year as it works with engine partners to resolve problems discovered in the propeller ...

ZHUHAI, China, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The Airbus A400M military plane could receive ... shooting medium-sized dead birds at the plane's TP400 propeller engines to ensure they could deal with the ...

Chris takes a trip to Airbus Defence and Space in Seville, Spain to see what goes into building the latest generation of European military transporter, the Airbus A400M. Our video about the Airbus ...

The Airbus A400M Atlas is a military aircraft featured in a Tom Cruise stunt. The UK's Royal Air Force has used it to send humanitarian aid to Gaza and evacuate civilians from Kabul. The versatile ...