Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour
turbofan engine family by Rolls-Royce Turbomeca
The Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour is a two-shaft low bypass turbofan aircraft engine developed by Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited, a joint venture between Rolls-Royce (UK) and Turbomeca (France). The engine is named after the Adour, a river in south western France.
History
The Adour is a turbofan engine developed primarily to power the Anglo-French SEPECAT Jaguar fighter-bomber, achieving its first successful test run in 1968. It is produced in versions with or without reheat.
As of July 2009 more than 2,800 Adours have been produced, for over 20 different armed forces with total flying hours reaching 8 million in December 2009. The U.S. military designation for this engine is the F405-RR-401 (a derivative of the Adour Mk 871), which is currently used to power the fleet of Boeing / BAE Systems T-45 Goshawk trainer jets of the United States Navy.
Variants
Bench engines
Ten prototype engines were built for testing by both Rolls-Royce and Turbomeca.
Flight development engines
Development engines for the Jaguar prototypes, 25 built.
Reheated (afterburning)
Adour Mk 101 - First production variant for the Jaguar, 40 built.
Adour Mk 102 - Second production variant with the addition of part-throttle reheat.
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