Eurojet Turbo GmbH, the consortium behind the EJ200 engine, which drives the Typhoon Eurofighter, has signed a new contract with NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Agency (Netma) today. As part of this agreement, Eurojet will deliver up to 54 new EJ200 engines to the Italian Air Force as part of the Eurofighter replacement procurement (tranche I). This contract, which is revitalized in the program, follows the Spanish Halcon II contract, which was announced at the end of last year.
The contract was concluded in Rome with the signatures of Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Simon Ellard (AD), General Manager of Netma, and Ralf Breiling, CEO from Eurojet.
As with all EJ200 engines, the engine modules are manufactured by the four partner companies of Eurojet-Rolls Royce, MTU Aero Engines, ITP Aero and Avio Aero. The engines are final assembly by the Italian partner Avio Aero.
Ralf Breiling, CEO von Eurojet, was enthusiastic after the signing: “This agreement, which came about so shortly after the acquisition of the Spanish Halcon II, underlines the strong, persistent confidence of the nations in the EJ200 engine and the Eurofighter platform and strengthens our European defense cooperation. The EJ200 is a tried and tested engine Eurofighter Typhoon in terms of performance, reach and overall efficiency significantly improved.
AVM Simon Ellard (AD), Managing Director of Netma, added: “The new mission for Italy is another fantastic success for the Eurofighter program. This order, which follows the recently signed the Halcon II contract, marks a new era for the program and shows how important the Typhoon Eurofighter is for collective security. Eurofighter continues to perform an outstanding performance and ensure that the plane has the necessary performance to secure the sky over Italy and the eastern flank of NATO.
About Eurojet:
The Eurojet consortium is responsible for the management of the EJ200 engine program. The shareholders of Eurojet include Rolls-Royce (Great Britain), MTU Aero Engines (Germany), ITP Aero (Spain) and Avio Aero (Italy). The engine stands for outstanding and innovative technology and repeatedly demonstrates its extraordinary performance in the Typhoon Eurofighter. With its unprecedented performance, combined with multi-rolling ability and maximum availability in competitive life cycle costs, the EJ200 engine is perfectly tailored to today’s and future requirements of the air forces.
Since delivery of the first series engine in 2003, over 1400 EJ200 series engines have been delivered to the Air Force customer fleets in nine nations, and the EJ200 engine has completed more than 1.8 million flight hours.
High -resolution images of the EJ200 can be downloaded from: http://www.eurojet.de/media