Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour
| Adour | |
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| An Adour Mk 102 at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford | |
| Type | Turbofan |
| Manufacturer | Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited |
| First run | 1968 |
| Major applications |
BAE Hawk McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk Mitsubishi F-1 SEPECAT Jaguar |
| Number built | >2,800 |
The Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour is a two-shaft low bypass turbofan aircraft engine developed by Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited, a joint subsidiary of Rolls-Royce (UK) and Turbomeca (France). The engine is named after the Adour, a river in south western France.
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.
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