The target date for the first flight of the Europrop International (EPI) TP400-D6 turboprop has slipped into the fourth quarter of this year after the engine consortium was forced to redesign some ...

Each A400M's TP400-D6 engine carries a Ratier-Figeac FH386 propeller with a diameter of 5.334 meters and a weight of 683 kg.

The Airbus Military A400M is facing further challenges to its flight-test campaign, following two engine-related issues encountered during ground trials. Airbus executive vice-president programmes Tom ...

EPI Europrop International GmbH (EPI) has received type certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the TP400-D6 engine that powers the A400M military transport aircraft. It is ...

All A400M transport plane engines affected by an order from European safety regulators have been inspected and no further cracks were found in their combustion chambers, a spokesman for the European ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Europe's biggest military plane project, fraught with delays and in-fighting, faces a critical test as the A400M's mammoth turbo prop engine prepares for a secretive flight next week ...

PARIS (AP) — Airbus said Wednesday that three of the four engines on an A400M military plane failed before it crashed near Seville, Spain last month, killing four people. In a statement, Airbus ...

It has just been confirmed that the Airbus A400M aircraft that crashed last month during a test flight near Seville, Spain, was caused by a software-related issue stemming from the deletion of key ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Engine makers hit back at Airbus parent EADS on Thursday in a tussle over who is to blame for delays to the A400M military transport plane, saying they had delivered their equipment ...

The tests with the A400M involved the day and night refueling of two French Air Force H225M Caracals. Airbus recently announced the successful completion of a new Helicopter Air-to-Air Refueling (HAAR ...

If you’ve ever deleted a vital piece of software, or had it flagged and accidentally quarantined by antivirus, then you know it can cause your computer to go crazy and even crash. When a plane’s vital ...

Engineers have finished installing TP400 turboprop engines on the first prototype of Europe’s A400M airlifter. They also have completed engine flight-test trials on board a C-130 flying testbed, ...