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A400M
(Airbus, Europe) The A400M is a new tactical transport airplane but the project is still in development. The A400M wil be a new important tactical transport aircraft for the large European Air Forces (Germany, France and the United-Kingdom). The Project is a collaboration of 8 European countries, called OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en Matière d'Armement). The goal is that the A400M will replace all C-130 Hercules and C-160 Transall airplanes. The A400M can transport twice as much as cargo. |
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March 2003 OCCAR agreed with Airbus for the manufacturing of 180 airplanes: - 60 for Germany - 50 for France - 27 for Spain - 25 for the United-Kingdom - 10 for Turkey - 7 for Belgium - 1 for Luxemburg Development The first A400M flight was expected to bein completed in 2008 and delivered in 2009. The A400M program is delayed with at least 6 months due to dealys in some subprograms. For example the new engine from Safran group. The new engine will be tested by the British company Marshall Aerospace on a C-130 Hercules. The centre fuselage of the A400M has already being build. Germany Germany has ordered 60 A400M airplanes. The German Air Force (Luftwaffe) expects that all airplanes will be operational in 2012. In the meantime they have to look for a temporary airplane. Germany is thinking about the Antonov 124-100 (from Russian origin).
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