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Transport Aircraft

Military transporters must fulfill tremendously stringent requirements: they must be robust and reliable, versatile enough to be used for a variety of purposes, quick to load and unload, and able to transport large payloads over long distances.

MTU’s participation in manufacturing the Tyne engine for the Transall lasted for decades. By the time it was retired at the end of 2020, the Transall had logged more than 2 million flight hours. For its successor, the Airbus A400M, MTU developed the TP400-D6 engine in collaboration with Safran Aircraft Engines, Rolls-Royce and ITP Aero, and is responsible for manufacturing and maintaining key components and for final assembly of all TP400-D6 production engines.

TP400-D6

The TP400-D6 powers the A400M military transport, which completed its maiden flight in Spain's Seville in late 2009. At sea level, each of the four three-shaft engines delivers 10,680 shaft horsepower. That makes the TP400-D6 the most powerful turboprop engine ever built in the Western world. 

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