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Helicopters

Transporting heavy loads and landing troops in hard-to-reach areas calls for high-performance helicopters. In the military helicopter business, MTU Aero Engines has a workshare in GE Aviation’s T408 for the Sikorsky CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter operated by the U.S. Marine Corps as well as in the T64 engine for its predecessor, the Sikorsky CH-53.

For the MTR390, which powers the Tiger support helicopter co-developed by France and Germany, MTU supplies the core engine complete with combustor and gas generator turbine as well as several accessories. In collaboration with ITP Aero, MTU developed an uprated version of the engine (the MTR390-E) that delivers 14 percent more power.

T408

MTU is involved in the T408 for the CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter, the latest model in the CH-53 series produced by Lockheed Martin. MTU develops and manufactures the power turbine—the first time the company has taken on full responsibility for an entire module in a U.S. military engine program.

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