- Turbomeca
Infobox Company
company_name = Turbomeca S.A.
company_
company_type = Private
foundation =1938
location = Bordes, France
key_people =
industry =Aerospace & Defence
| products = Turboshaft and jet engines
revenue = € 870 million (2006 )
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 5,178 (2006)
parent = SAFRAN S.A.
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.turbomeca.com www.turbomeca.com]
footnotes =Turbomeca is a French manufacturer of low- and medium-power
gas turbine turboshaft engines forhelicopter s. The company also producesgas turbine engines for aircraft and missiles, as well as turbines for land, industrial and marine applications. SNECMA Group acquired the company in September 2001.History
It was founded in 1938 by Yosef Shidlovsky, a Polish Jew who moved to France.
From 1950, Turbomeca produced the tiny centrifugal flow Palas turbojet, producing 1.6 kN (353 lbf). The Palas was also produced by Blackburn and General Aircraft in the UK and
Continental Motors in the USA. From 1957, it manfactured the Bastanturboprop for theAérospatiale N 262 airliner.Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited was established in 1968 to develop the Adour jet engine for the Anglo-FrenchSEPECAT Jaguar . The company went on to develop the RTM322turboshaft , which powersWestland WAH-64 , and some models of theAgustaWestland EH101 andNHI NH90 .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.Engine models
Turboprops/turboshafts
"Most Turbomeca engines bears the names of Pyrenees mountains."
* Arriel
* Arrius
* Artouste
* Astazou
* Makila
* Marboré
*Turbomeca TM 333
* TurmoJoint projects
* Ardiden/Shakti - joint project with HAL
*MTR390 - joint project with MTU and Rolls-Royce
* RTM322 - joint project with Rolls-RoyceTurbojets
* Adour - joint project with Rolls-Royce
* PalasReferences
External links
* [http://www.turbomeca.com/public/turbomeca_v2/html/en/home/home.php Official web site]
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