EUROJET celebrates delivery of 1000th EJ200 Production Engine (BILD)

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EUROJET Turbo GmbH, the European consortium behind the EJ200
engine project, celebrates the delivery of its 1000th EJ200
production engine. The landmark engine was assembled at the
facilities of Industria de Turbo Propulsores S.A. (ITP) in Madrid,
Spain and delivered to the Spanish Air Force on the 23rd May, 2013 to
power the Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.

Guest speakers at the celebration, which took place at the
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V. (DGAP) [German
Council on Foreign Relations] in Berlin on the 4th June, included Mr
Philip Dunne MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence
Equipment, Support and Technology, United Kingdom and Mr Florian
Hahn, MP, Member of the Defence Committee, Germany.

In his address, Mr Philip Dunne stated; 'this is a major milestone
for this project and together the EJ200 and Eurofighter are a real
and powerful example of what we can achieve together'.

Mr Clemens Linden, Managing Director of EUROJET, added in his
closing statement: 'this is a European collaboration journey of
success!'

ABOUT EUROJET:

The EUROJET consortium is responsible for the management of
development, support and export of the new generation EJ200 engine
system. EUROJET's shareholders comprise Avio S.p.A. (Italy), ITP S.A.
(Spain), MTU Aero Engines AG (Germany) and Rolls-Royce plc (UK). The
engine represents outstanding and innovative technology which
continually demonstrates exceptional performance in the Eurofighter
Typhoon. With its unprecedented performance record, combined with
multi-role capability and highest availability at low life-cycle
costs, the EJ200 engine is perfectly set to meet the air forces'
demands of today and the future.

EUROJET is contracted to produce over 1,500 EJ200 engines to power
a total of 719 Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role combat aircraft on
order by seven nations. With 789 engines already in service in
Eurofighter Typhoon fleets operated by the Air Forces of Germany, the
United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Austria and the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, the EJ200 has amassed over 390,000 Engine Flying Hours. More
than 100,000 jobs in 400 companies are secured by the EUROJET and
Eurofighter programme.

Contact:
Rose Artuso
PR and Communications Representative EUROJET Turbo GmbH
Lilienthalstr. 2b
85399 Hallbergmoos
Germany
Tel: +49 811 55 05 165
Mobile: +49 162 25 55 165
E-Mail: r.artuso@eurojet.de
www.eurojet.de