Here Why the Airbus A400M Atlas is the Most Advanced Military Transport Plane
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- Here Why the Airbus A400M Atlas is the Most Advanced Military Transport Plane - The A400M (formerly known as the future large aircraft) is a military transporter designed to meet the requirements of the Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Turkey, Luxembourg and UK air forces.
“The A400M military transporter is designed to meet the requirements of the air forces of Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Turkey and the UK.”
A European staff target was drawn up in 1993, together with a memorandum of understanding signed by the governments of the seven nations. Italy subsequently withdrew from the programme.
Airbus Military SL of Madrid, a subsidiary of Airbus Industrie, is responsible for the management of the A400M programme.
Other companies with a share in the programme include BAE Systems (UK), EADS (Germany, France and Spain), Flabel (Belgium) and Tusas Aerospace Industries (Turkey). Final assembly took place in Seville, Spain.
A400M future large aircraft programme
In May 2003, a development and production contract was signed between Airbus and European procurement agency OCCAR for 212 aircraft. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, Turkey, Belgium, and Luxembourg initially signed but Italy subsequently withdrew. The order was consequently reduced to 180 aircraft with deliveries starting in 2009. These will continue until 2020.
First metal cut for the airframe of the A400M took place in January 2005 and assembly began in 2007. The first flight was scheduled for early 2008; however, this was delayed by engine development problems. The first A400M aircraft was officially rolled out in June 2008 and the long-awaited maiden flight took place on 11 December 2009.
The aircraft took off with 127t in weight, carrying 15t of test equipment, including 2t of water ballast. Its official maximum take-off weight is 141t.
In January 2009, EADS postponed the first deliveries of the A400M until 2012 and proposed to develop a new approach for the A400M to discover new ways to advance the programme.
2009 continued to be a troubled year for the A400M as estimates on the cost overrun of the project were released with predictions of up to €11.2bn over budget. The South African Air Force started to look at alternatives to the A400M and the European partners placed it under consideration. Airbus suggested that the programme may be scrapped unless €5.3bn could be provided.
In November 2010, Belgium, the UK, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and Turkey agreed to lend Airbus €1.5bn and proceed with the programme; however, Germany and the UK reduced the number of aircraft ordered to 53 and 22 respectively, decreasing the total to 170.
First deliveries were made to the French Air Force in August 2013. Deliveries are expected to conclude in 2025.
A400M test flights
This first A400M is known as MSN1. The second A400M, MSN2, completed its maiden flight on 8 April 2010, while MSN3 completed its maiden flight on 9 July 2010. The fourth A400M MSN4 completed its maiden flight in December 2010. The first production aircraft of A400M (MSN7) completed its maiden flight on 6 March 2013.
“The first production aircraft of A400M (MSN7) completed its maiden flight on 6 March 2013.”
The development of the A400M fleet was designated as Grizzly in July 2010. Trials with MSN1, MSN3 and MSN5 are performed in Toulouse, while those with MSN2 and MSN4 are done in Seville, providing greater flexibility and taking advantage of the best weather conditions available.
The A400M was displayed at two events in 2010: the Berlin Air Show in Germany, and the Farnborough International Air Show in the UK.
In October 2011, the A400M was tested on wet runways and taxiways. The water ingestion test was completed successfully. The latest cold weather tests were concluded in February 2013. Airbus completed a certification testing of the A400M on grass runways in November 2015. The aircraft demonstrated its ability to land on the soft unpaved runway at Pembrey Sands Beach, UK, in May 2017.
An A400M refuelled six F-18 fighter jets of the Spanish Air Force in a single flight, as part of an air-to-air refuelling human factors certification flight conducted in December 2017.
A400M orders and deliveries
Total firm orders for the A400M stand at 174 aircraft. Malaysia ordered four and 170 aircraft were ordered by seven countries, including the UK (22), Belgium (7), Turkey (10), France (50), Germany (53), Luxembourg (1) and Spain (27).
In April 2005, South Africa signed a contract with Airbus Military to
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I work on RAF A400’s. They’re the least reliable aircraft we use (by an unfathomable margin). Airbus truly didn’t know what they were doing with their first military aircraft. To list a few of the issues I have personal experience with: the seats are over designed and uncomfortable; the floor tie-down points are too deep and need adapters for shallow angles; the tie down strips initially supplied were only glued, not stitched, so they fell apart under tension; the floor rollers get jammed when flipping them; the ramp isn’t insulated (it reaches negative temperatures Celsius in flight) and requires a thermal curtain; the front is too hot, the back is too cold; the contra rotating propellers vibrate so much we restrict what we’ll load to it; there are no spare propellers; it flies at an angle (nose pitched high up) which makes some passengers feel ill; it has a 13 page Trim document(!!!); they can’t sit at certain angles from the wind; if the propellers aren’t secured from moving while on the ground their rotation will drain all of the oil.
I could go on, and on, and on.
Bare in mind that this is just from a junior logistician, I’m sure the technicians know of far worse issues than I.
And to top it off, the C17’s and C130’s that were rented/bought while we waited for this monster have been vastly more successful and loved. It’s currently sat with Parliament whether we will extend the C130’s as the A400 cannot fulfil its national standby duties (being regularly passed back to the C130’s it’s replacing almost a decade in to service.)
I’ll end by saying they are loathed by almost all who have worked or flown on them across all 3 British military services.
P.S. A wheel fell off one of ours on takeoff from BAH once. No one on the aircraft realised until they were well on their way to their destination.)
👍Керемет! Қазақстан екеуің сатыб алады!
C'EST UN MAGNIFIQUE AVION !! 💜
Beautiful aicraft. A true masterpiece.
TOP in the world
👍Керемет! Казахстан покупает два таких самолёта.
It was made in partnership with Turkiye's TAI company
6:33 turboprop flight simulator engine sound
C-130 left the chat
El Kapitan not. Lol
@@Tarheel13 yes. It is much better.
the C-130 is just bigger, not better
@@Markus-zb5zd c130 is much smaller
A400M: *im invetible*
XV-40: allow me to introcude(spelled wrong) us
And I always thought these Toyotas can't fly (ok, they can, but only once and essentially downwards).
Looks like you play TFS
The waiting for 1.27 has been too long
They should have included the video clip of Tom Cruise clinging on the side door of an A400M Atlas as it was taking off.
Those stunts that cruise pulled were they real?😜🤔
This plane is a fortress.
One is now being evaluated as a forest firefighting air tanker too.
Malaysia have 4 of this monster.. 1and only in south east asia
@Justin Time what a joke
@Justin Time It's because his stupid wife Rosmah used all the money and the way you comment just now sound like making fun of us
@@flarearlgrandejioral4137?
@@flarearlgrandejioral4137 You're pathetic
Al-maunah Malaysia was not Bleassing 9:13
Fabricado en España.
Fabricado em meia Europa, montado em Espanha...
Just flew over my flat in Edinburgh 😦
Turkish Military have 10 and ordered 10 more, they are partners in this masterpiece
Why does tiny Luxembourg need this plane? They have nothing.
To fly refugees to Germany?
this was the most american thing i have ever heard.
@@remphey just compare it to their army. It only has 4x4 vehicles.
They have money and is one of the most important country in europe nowadays. But true, army is shit. The plane is also used between Belgium and Luxembourg since Luxembourg has no real airforce.
to move all the army in just one flight
Mr John Hall will be along shortly to give us all a lecture with his anti European ignorance ...
Too many ads to watch this I gave a dislike. NOT GOOD!
Looks far mordernised than C-130, they must have a Spectre gunship version of this.
Wonder if its so good, why the buyers are cancelling orders?
ah bon pourtant la france na rien annulé elle on a commandé 50
@@argumasch663 Thanks for your comment. But you should check the facts of orders filled and
orders cancelled. Germany is not alone in
ordering the A400. Best health to you!
@@argumasch663 I flew the C-130 for years, great airplane then and newer ones even better,
A-400 a good plane but not that well received. Transall was and is a good plane.
Thanks for conversation, now on to other
topics.
More bad news for Airbus and the A-400, because of further cuts in production in 2020, they had to do a 1.8 Billion dollar write off, which means like the
A-380 it will never be a profitable venture for Airbus. Sad for company.
Costs. The US cancelled large parts of the F22 order because of costs, not because it sucked.
Keep 1 for Non Muslims Malaysian.
che scrivere..???...SUBLIME...magari farci un giro...!!
This this thing is about the size of a c17 and it's powered by a turbo prop
Son:can we have C17?
Mom:we have C17 at home
C17 at home:
Most powerful turboprop built by Western nations. Ever
No longer, when compared to the Embraer C-390.
Nope, completely different cargo philosofies... and diferent categories: a diference of almost 14tons ... and the capability to carry light MBT (A400M). Also, turboprops are much better, reliable and safe to use on rough , unpaved, dirty runways...
@@aderitodealmeida5644 also the low minimum speed of the A400m allows it to refule helicopters in flight
C 130 is still better!
Just in your gringo head...
No it's not, it's American everything American made is complete garbage. You're boeings have been grounded for over a year cos they're crap. That F-35 has been the biggest corporate swindle ever pulled off against the US tax payers. You haven't got a clue what a hi speed train line is. No one outside America buys an American car as they're pathetic.
Source :Americans
I’m in the RAF, almost everyone I work with would agree. Supposedly Lockheed offered to design us a larger C130 instead of us buying this tire-fire (although that may just be the rumour mill.)
The plane looks like a cross between a C-17 and C-130. Right not they are having issues with the plane. Issues with software and bolts holding the propellers on. They are paying billions in fines
It is NOT. 30 years to develop a viable trash hauler is extreme.
Most advanced doesn't matter since it can't fly. Lol.
Gamezooo tu es idiot?? cet avion est un monstre de technologie, sans égal dans le monde, tu dors ou tu tu es au chiotte??
Eh? You been on the weed?
It's flying & performing incredibly well actually. One flew over my head shortly after taking off yesterday.
The ones at RAF Brize Norton that have (already) been stripped for parts due to shortages and unreliability would now cost more to make airworthy than buying new airframes… Doesn’t seem like they fly that well to me…