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The Airbus A400M Atlas [nb 1] is a European four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military , now Airbus Defence and Space , as a tactical airlifter with strategic capabilities to replace older transport aircraft such as the Transall C-160 and the Lockheed C-130 Hercules . [ 3 ]
The Airbus A400M Atlas is a military aircraft featured in a Tom Cruise stunt. The UK's Royal Air Force has used it to send humanitarian aid to Gaza and evacuate civilians from Kabul.
The A400M is assembled at the Seville plant of Airbus Military. The first test flight occurred in December 2009. Span: 42.4 m (139 ft 1 in) Length: 45.1 m (148 ft) Height: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in) Engines: 4 EPI TP400-D6 (8,250 kW power) Cruising Speed: 780 km/h (480 mph, 420 knots) First Flight: 11 December 2009; Number built: 119 as of 31 August 2023
A member of Europrop claimed after the decision that the TP400 contract would only increase the costs of the USD$22.7 billion A400M program by about 1–2 percent compared to if the PW180 had been selected. [4] Two TP400 engines on the port wing of an Airbus A400M Atlas at the 2018 ILA Berlin Air Show.
Escadron de Transport 1/61 Touraine is a French Air and Space Force squadron located at Orléans – Bricy Air Base, Loiret, France which operates the Airbus A400M Atlas. [ 1 ] The second A400M for the squadron was christened "Ville de Toulouse" on January 22, 2014 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport .
The IAE V2500 turbofan was selected to power the C-390.. On 14 April 2009, Embraer was awarded with a $1.5 billion contract to develop and build two prototypes. [15] [16] At the programme launch, the design was all-new in terms of its fuselage, wing, flight deck, and engine selection.
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The aircraft, serial number MSN023, [5] was on its first pre-delivery test flight and was scheduled to be the third A400M to be delivered to the Turkish Air Force. [1] [2] The delivery was scheduled for June 2015. [6] The aircraft was being flown by an Airbus Defence and Space test crew [4] [7] [8] and used the callsign CASA423. [9]