{"id":2393,"date":"2015-01-30T22:07:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T22:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=2393"},"modified":"2015-01-30T22:07:29","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T22:07:29","slug":"the-a400m-atlas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/the-a400m-atlas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Airbus A400M Atlas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strategic & tactical capabilities<\/h2>\n

The brand new A400M has been designed cautiously to meet the contemporary equipment transport needs of modern armed forces around the world. The A400M is capable of undertaking missions which previously required two, or more, different types of aircraft, and which even then provided a somewhat imperfect solution. Its fuselage external width of 5.64 meters (18ft 6in) is equal to that of the A330\/A340 family wide-body. Its cargo hold has an interior usable width of four meters (13ft), height of up to four meters (13ft), and usable length of 17.71 meters (58ft).<\/p>\n

With a maximum payload of up to 37tons (81,600lb) and a volume of 340m3<\/sup> (12,000 ft3<\/sup>), the A400M can carry various pieces of outsized cargo including, vehicles and helicopters that are too large or too heavy for previous generation tactical airlifters, for example, an NH90 or a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, or two heavily armored vehicles for military purposes. It can also carry a heavy truck, or even a rescue boat, or large lifting devices, such as excavators or mobile cranes needed to assist in disaster relief which have happened numerous times before.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The A400M can carry around 116 paratroopers, or simply personnel, which is more than an A318. They can be seated in four rows, all along the two sides of the fuselage, and back along the center line, thanks to the aircraft\u2019s width.<\/p>\n

The A400M, a collaborative venture involving governments and even Industries of around six European Countries, will support the deployment of the Joint Rapid Reaction Force and will give the Royal Air Force (RAF) a strategic and tactical aircraft which is capable of supporting all three services and be capable of interoperability with other Forces.<\/p>\n

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High Speed\/Altitude abilities of the A400M<\/h3>\n

Due to the aircraft\u2019s new state of the art technology, including its unique for engine set up of Europrop International TP400 turboprop, which will be the most powerful turboprops developed to date in the western world, they will be lighter, easy to maintain and will consume 20% less fuel per mission. Thanks to this, the aircraft holds the capability of flying long distance (up to 4,700nm or (8,700km). At a cruising altitude of up to 37,000ft, and a speed of Mach 0.72, this is very similar to the performance of a turbofan powered airlifter. It can even fly up to an altitude of 40,000ft in special operational situations.<\/p>\n

The A400M interior<\/h2>\n

A new, state of the art Defensive Aids Suite will be fitted into the aircraft, incorporating radio and infrared frequency detectors, electronic-countermeasure equipment and flare\\chaff dispensers. The cargo bay of the Atlas will be controlled by a single air loadmaster and can be configured for numerous roles including:<\/p>\n