Turbomeca adds to engine family

At a Sunday morning press event, Turbomeca chairman and CEO Olivier Andriès listed the French turbine engine manufacturer’s 2011 successes, including a recovery in production numbers from the 2010 low of 800. Turbomeca delivered 950 turboshaft engines last year, and expects to produce approximately 1,100 before the end of 2012.

He noted that the 10,000th Arriel engine has been delivered to the U.S. Army, making that service the world’s largest Arriel operator. The Arriel 2D has entered service aboard the Eurocopter AS350B3e and will power the new Eurocopter EC130T2; Turbomeca received contracts to provide Arriel 2E engines for the EC145T2 and Arriel 2Ns for the U.S. Coast Guard’s AS365N3e Dauphin helicopters. China has selected the Arriel 2B1A for its AVIC AC311.

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