EUROJET signs contract with NETMA to provide 48 new EJ200 engines for the Spanish Air Force

ILA Berlin Air Present, Thursday, 23 June 2022 EUROJET Turbo GmbH (EUROJET), the consortium accountable for the EJ200 engine put in within the Eurofighter Hurricane, has in the present day signed a contract with the NATO Eurofighter & Twister Administration Company (NETMA) to offer 48 new EJ200 engines for the Spanish Air Drive.

The contract, signed on the ILA Berlin Air Present, between Basic Miguel Ángel Martín Pérez, Basic Supervisor of NETMA and Gerhard Bähr, CEO of EUROJET, covers EJ200 engines for the Eurofighter Hurricane fighter plane as a part of Undertaking Halcón. The plane will enter service on the Canary Islands, including to the prevailing Spanish fleet of 70 Eurofighters.

EUROJET indicators contract with NETMA to offer 48 new EJ200 engines for the Spanish Air Drive

In frequent with all EJ200 engines for the Spanish Air Drive, closing meeting of the engines will likely be carried out by ITP Aero at their Ajalvir facility with deliveries scheduled from 2024 onwards. Manufacturing of the engine modules will likely be carried out by the 4 accomplice firms of the EUROJET consortium; Rolls-Royce, MTU Aero Engines, ITP Aero and Avio Aero.

On signature of the contract, Mr Bähr acknowledged: “I wish to thank the Spanish buyer for his or her confidence within the Eurofighter platform, the EUROJET consortium, and the efficiency and sustainability of the EJ200 engines. This order enhances European defence functionality and concurrently gives long-term safety for quite a lot of extremely expert jobs within the European aerospace business.”

Basic Miguel Ángel Martín Pérez stated: “With in the present day’s Halcón contract signature, we conclude efficiently a joint new Hurricane procurement endeavour with 48 new EJ200 engines for Spain. The second is strategic for a number of causes: to proceed supporting Aerospace business restoration after the COVID period, to function a transparent message that the EJ200 is a dependable asset, and to strengthen NATO deterrence capabilities.”

ABOUT EUROJET:
The EUROJET consortium is accountable for the administration of the EJ200 engine programme. EUROJET’s shareholders comprise Rolls-Royce (UK), MTU Aero Engines (Germany), ITP Aero (Spain) and Avio Aero (Italy). The engine represents excellent and revolutionary expertise and regularly demonstrates its distinctive efficiency within the Eurofighter Hurricane. With its unprecedented efficiency report, mixed with multi-role functionality and highest availability at aggressive life-cycle prices, the EJ200 engine is completely set to satisfy air drive necessities, each of in the present day and the longer term.

Since supply of the primary manufacturing engine in 2003, over 1300 EJ200 manufacturing engines have been delivered to Air Drive buyer fleets of 9 nations, and the EJ200 engine has achieved in extra of 1.5 million engine flying hours.

Excessive Decision photos of the EJ200 will be downloaded from: http://www.eurojet.de/media