Wednesday, December 03, 2008

EJ200

IOC: 2000
Total Production: 1,500

Unitary Cost: GBP£6.9 million

Origin
Germany
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom

Contractor/s
Rolls-Royce * (36% - prime contractor)
Avio
EUROJET Turbo GmbH
Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP)
MTU Aero Engines

Applications
Mako
Typhoon
Typhoon T1

Description: The European EJ200 engine has been developed to meet the high performance requirements of multinational Eurofighter-Typhoon fighter. Eurojet consortium (Rolls Royce, MTU, FiatAvio and ITP) developed the EJ200 engine and will supply about 1,500 EJ200s to power 620+ Typhoons.

EJ200 engine is smaller and simpler in layout than current engines, fuel consumption is lower than precedent European engines. The EJ200 engine couldn't only be applied to the Typhoon fighter, but also to re-engine current aircraft or future aircraft programs.

Specifications
Engine/s Performance: Thrust 20,250 lb (9,185 kg)

EJ200 - Contracts, Orders & Sales
Monday, September 17, 2007 Saudi Arabia government agreement with the United Kingdom (UK) government for the purchase of 72 Typhoon multi-role fighter aircraft under Project Salam. This agreement is the result of negotiations started in December 2005. The agreement was released on September 17, 2007. Rolls-Royce disclosed that the engine contract was valued at £1 Billion on December 7, 2007.
Items: 72

News
Saudi Typhoon Engine Contract Worth up to 1 Billion Pounds to Rolls-Royce

Operators

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Austria / 30

Germany / 360

Italy / 242

Saudi Arabia / 144

Spain / 174

United Kingdom / 464

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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

Last Updated: Saturday, November 22, 2008

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