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Avio Aero partners with Safran and MTU Aero Engines to power Europe’s next generation of military helicopters

Engine experts Safran Helicopter Engines, MTU Aero Engines and Avio Aero have joined forces to strengthen European sovereignty. The three aerospace companies plan to develop the future ENGHE (European Next Generation Helicopter Engine), a new 100% European engine for Europe’s next generation of military rotorcraft, scheduled to enter into service around 2040. At Paris Air Show, a long-term partnership agreement was signed to this effect.

Safran and MTU Aero Engines create EURA joint venture to power the next generation of European military helicopters

Safran Helicopter Engines and MTU Aero Engines have signed the cooperation agreement to create the 50/50 joint venture EURA (derived from EUropean Military Rotorcraft Engine Alliance). This newly-created company will form the core of a larger program, which will collaborate with industrial and technological partners from several other European nations. With the creation of EURA, the two companies are taking a further important step towards the joint development of a new 100% European engine for the next generation of European military helicopters.

MTU and Safran to form an all-European team for development of helicopter engine technologies

MTU Aero Engines and Safran Helicopter Engines are stepping up their joint effort to develop technologies for a new helicopter engine anticipating the European Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies (ENGRT) project. Taking advantage of this year’s Paris Air Show, the two engine manufacturers are rallying additional partners to this exciting project.

Safran and MTU Aero Engines team up to pave the way for a European engine anticipating the next-generation military helicopter

Safran Helicopter Engines and MTU Aero Engines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a 50/50 joint venture as an agile and lean structure intended to develop a new engine for the European Next Generation Rotorcraft Technologies (ENGRT) project.