The MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce MTR390 is a

turboshaft A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaftpower rather than jet thrust. In concept, turboshaft engines are very similar to turbojets, with additional turbine expansion to extract heat energy from the exhaust ...

developed for light helicopter applications by

MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce MTU Turbomeca Rolls-Royce GmbH (MTR) is a multinational engine manufacturer established to develop, manufacture, and service the MTR390 turboshaft engine. It is a joint venture between three European aero-engine manufacturers, Germany's MTU Aero ...

(MTR). The engine is designed to power helicopters in the weight range of 5-7 tonnes in both single and twin engine configurations. So far the only application is the

Eurocopter Tiger The Eurocopter Tiger is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter which first entered service in 2003. It is manufactured by Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter), which arose from the merger of Aérospatiale's and DASA's respective he ...

. Test runs of the MTR390 began in

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and the first test flight was performed in

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. The MTR390 received military certification in May

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and civil approval in June

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. An uprated version, the MTR390-E (Enhanced), is being developed with Spain's ITP.

Variants

;MTR390-2C :Production engine ;MTR390-E :Enhanced variant under development

Applications

Specifications (MTR390)

References

External links

Official company page

Rolls-Royce MTR390 page

Turbomeca MTR390 page

ITP MTR390-E page
(PDF file in English and Spanish) {{Joint development aeroengines 1980s turboshaft engines Centrifugal-flow gas turbine engines

Variants

Applications

Specifications (MTR390)

See also

References

External links