EUROJET Turbo GmbH (EUROJET), the consortium responsible for the Eurofighter Typhoon’s EJ200 engine, today signed a contract with the NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) for the supply of 59 new EJ200 engines for the Spanish Air Force signed.
The contract, signed at Getafe Air Base, Madrid, between Air Vice Marshall (AVM) Simon Ellard (ret.), Director General of NETMA, and Ralf Breiling, CEO of EUROJET, covers EJ200 engines for the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft in the second phase of the Halcón procurement project.
The engine modules are produced by the four partner companies of the EUROJET consortium: Rolls-Royce, MTU Aero Engines, ITP Aero and Avio Aero. ITP Aero will carry out final assembly of the engines at its factory in Ajalvir. Delivery is scheduled to begin in 2029.
On the occasion of the signing of the contract, Breiling said: “The confidence that Spain and the core nations continue to place in the EJ200 engine and the Eurofighter platform is encouraging. The EJ200, part of the Eurofighter Typhoon, is a world-class fighter aircraft for the Spanish Air Force. This contract continues the close partnership between European industry and government to develop and maintain this technological edge, which is crucial to the continued importance of European defense.”
NETMA Director General AVM Simon Ellard (ret.) said: “Today’s contract signing marks the conclusion of a successful collaboration in the procurement of 59 engines for Spain. The EJ200 is a key product that delivers excellence and powers the Eurofighter Typhoon to secure our airspace and strengthen NATO’s deterrence capability.”
ABOUT EUROJET:
The EUROJET consortium is responsible for managing the EJ200 engine program. EUROJET’s shareholders include Rolls-Royce (UK), MTU Aero Engines (Germany), ITP Aero (Spain) and Avio Aero (Italy). The engine stands for outstanding and innovative technology and repeatedly demonstrates its exceptional performance in the Eurofighter Typhoon. With its unparalleled performance, combined with multi-role capability and highest availability at competitive life cycle costs, the EJ200 engine is perfectly tailored to the current and future needs of the Air Force.
Since delivery of the first production engine in 2003, over 1,400 EJ200 production engines have been delivered to Air Force customer fleets in nine nations, and the EJ200 engine has logged more than 1.5 million flight hours.
High resolution images of the EJ200 can be downloaded from: http://www.eurojet.de/media