MEDIA RELEASE PR35420
EUROJET Offers it's EJ200 Engine for the Indian Light Combat Aircraft
HALLBERGMOOS, July 20 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet / -
After intensive cooperation with the Indian Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA),
EUROJET Turbo GmbH, the leading European military engine consortium, has received a
Request for Proposal (RFP) from ADA to offer it's EJ200 engine as a potential alternative power
source for the Indian Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). EUROJET is now working on the response and
will submit it to ADA within 12 weeks. The suitability of the EJ200 for the LCA was confirmed by
EUROJET and ADA after having conducted a joint comprehensive feasibility study in 2008.
EUROJET is contracted to produce more than 1,500 EJ200 engines
to power a total of 707 Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role combat aircraft
ordered by six nations. The fleet of over 550 engines in service with
Eurofighter Typhoon fleets operated by the Air Forces of Germany, the United
Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Austria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia had amassed over 125,000
Engine Flying Hours.
Notes to Editors:
The EUROJET consortium is responsible for the management of
development, support and export functions of the new generation EJ200 engine
system, installed in the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. EUROJET's shareholders
comprise Avio (Italy), ITP (Spain), MTU Aero Engines (Germany) and
Rolls-Royce (UK). The EJ200 engine, with its unprecedented performance record
combined with multi-role capability and highest availability at low
life-cycle costs, is perfectly set to meet the air forces' demands of today
and the future.
Press Contact:
Jessica Schulte
PR and Political Affairs Executive
EUROJET Turbo GmbH
Lilienthalstr. 2b
85399 Hallbergmoos
Germany
Tel: +49-811-55-05-165
Mobile: +49-162-25-55-165
Fax: +49-811-55-05-150
E-Mail: j.schulte@eurojet.de
SOURCE: EUROJET Turbo GmbH
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