The fifth Airbus Military A400M military airlifter has made its first flight, marking the end of a highly successful year for the programme and meaning that the full fleet of Grizzly development aircraft is now in the air, completing the flight-test programme

Airbus Military confirms that, following constructive discussions with Armscor, it has refunded South Africa’s pre-delivery payments for the A400M military transport aircraft while at the same time, opening the door to further close cooperation with South Africa.

Following the launch of A400M series production last February, Airbus Military has begun final assembly of the first A400M that will be delivered to a customer –the French Air Force.

Airbus Military has successfully completed tests to demonstrate the ability of the A400M new generation airlifter to operate on wet runways and taxiways without ingesting water into the engines.

The Airbus Military A400M new generation airlifter has passed a series of key tests in the last week as the aircraft continues to progress towards civil and military type certification.

El ciclo de conferencias “El despegue del A400M” se ha clausurado hoy con una ponencia que ha llevado por título “El desarrollo de un programa de transporte militar: el A400M” y que ha sido pronunciada por Rafael Tentor, actual Director de Programas de Airbus Military y que ha sido el máximo responsable del proyecto A400M desde 2007 hasta el pasado mes de abril.

La Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de la Universidad de Sevilla ha acogido hoy una nueva conferencia dentro del ciclo “El despegue del A400M”.

Leiden/Seville, 7 April 2011 – EADS and Airbus welcome the conclusion of contract amendment negotiations with OCCAR and the seven A400M launch customer nations.

HRH the Prince of Wales visited today the Airbus Military A400M at the company’s facilities in Seville (Spain).

The Airbus Military A400M has completed a challenging series of tests to determine thelowest speed at which it can take-off – known as minimum unstick speed or Vmu.