| Turbomeca S. A. | |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Headquarters | Bordes, France |
| Industry | Aerospace & Defence |
| Products | Turboshaft and jet engines |
| Revenue | € 870 million (2006) |
| Employees | 5,178 (2006) |
| Parent | SAFRAN S.A. |
| Website | www.turbomeca.com |
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History
It was founded in 1938 by Yosef Shidlovsky, a Polish Jew who moved to France. Joseph Szydlowski (born November 21 1896 Chełm, Poland; died July 16 1988 in Israel) was a Jewish-Polish-French-Israeli Aircraft engine
From 1950, Turbomeca produced the tiny centrifugal flow Palas turbojet, producing 1. The Turbomeca Palas is a diminutive centrifugal flow Turbojet engine used to power light aircraft 6 kN (353 lbf). The newton (symbol N) is the SI derived unit of Force, named after Isaac Newton in recognition of his work on Classical This article deals with the unit of force For the unit of mass see Pound (mass. The Palas was also produced by Blackburn and General Aircraft in the UK and Continental Motors in the USA. Blackburn Aircraft Limited was a British Aircraft manufacturer that concentrated mainly on naval and maritime aircraft during the first part of the twentieth century The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Continental Motors ( Teledyne Continental Motors) is an engine manufacturer located in Mobile Alabama. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the From 1957, it manfactured the Bastan turboprop for the Aérospatiale N 262 airliner. The Turbomeca Bastan was a Turboprop engine developed in France in 1957. A turboprop engine is a type of aircraft powerplant that uses a Gas turbine engine to drive a Propeller. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited was established in 1968 to develop the Adour jet engine for the Anglo-French SEPECAT Jaguar. Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited is a joint venture between Rolls-Royce plc (UK and Turbomeca (France The joint venture develops and produces aero-engines the WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The company went on to develop the RTM322 turboshaft, which powers Westland WAH-64, and some models of the AgustaWestland EH101 and NHI NH90. The RTM322 is a Turboshaft engine produced by Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Ltd A turboshaft engine is a form of Gas turbine which is optimized to produce Shaft power, rather than Jet thrust. The Westland WAH-64 Apache is a licence-built version of the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow Attack helicopter for the British Army. The NHI NH90 is a medium sized twin-engine multi-role military Fly-by-wire Helicopter manufactured by NHIndustries, a company established by
In 2001 Turbomeca and Rolls-Royce won a $1 billion USD contract to equip 399 German, French and Dutch NH90 helicopters with their RTM322 engines. Rolls-Royce plc ( is a British Aircraft engine maker and the second-largest in the world behind GE Aviation. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been
Engine models
Turboprops/turboshafts
Most Turbomeca engines bears the names of Pyrenees mountains.
Joint projects
- Ardiden/Shakti - joint project with HAL
- MTR390 - joint project with MTU and Rolls-Royce
- RTM322 - joint project with Rolls-Royce
Turbojets
References
External links
The Turbomeca Arriel is a highly-successful series of French Turboshaft engines that first ran in 1974. Turbomeca Arrius is a family of Turboshaft Engines for Helicopter use first produced in 1981. Applications Aérospatiale Alouette II Aérospatiale Alouette III Aerospatiale Lama Aerotécnica The Turbomeca Astazou was a highly-successful series of Turboprop and Turboshaft engines first run in 1957. The Turbomeca Makila is a family of Turboshaft engines for helicopter use first run in 1977. The Marboré was a small Turbojet engine produced by Turbomeca from the 1950s into the 1970s WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Turbomeca Turmo is a French Turboshaft engine developed for helicopter use WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Hindustan Aeronautics Limited ( HAL) based in Bangalore, India, is one of Asia 's largest Aerospace companies The MTR390 is a Turboshaft developed for light helicopter applications by MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce (MTR The RTM322 is a Turboshaft engine produced by Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Ltd WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layoutDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic