EUROJET Delivers 100th Tranche 2 EJ200 Engine

HALLBERGMOOS, Germany, June 30 -- EUROJET Turbo GmbH has delivered the 100th Tranche 2 EJ200 engine to the customer. The engine was assembled by Rolls-Royce, the British partner company in the EUROJET consortium, in Bristol, UK. All EJ200 engines are being assembled at different production sites of the four leading European engine manufacturers Avio (Italy), ITP (Spain), MTU Aero Engines (Germany) and Rolls-Royce (UK).

The production of Tranche 2 EJ200 engines is progressing in line with established plans of the overall Eurofighter Typhoon programme. This second production batch will ensure production continuity until 2012.

EUROJET Turbo GmbH is contracted to produce more than 1,500 EJ200 engines to power a total of 707 Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role combat aircraft.