Turbo-Union
| Joint venture, limited company | |
| Industry | Gas turbine engines |
| Founded | 14 October 1969 |
| Headquarters | Moor Lane, Derby, DE24 8BJ |
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Area served
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UK, Italy, Germany |
| Products | RB199 |
| Parent | Rolls-Royce plc, MTU, Avio |
| Website | Turbo Union |
Turbo-Union Limited is a joint venture between three European aero-engine manufacturers, FiatAvio (now Avio), MTU Aero Engines and Rolls-Royce.
The company's only product is the RB199, a three-spool turbofan developed specifically for the Panavia Tornado.
The ownership of the company similarly split into-
It had an office on Arabellastraße in Munich near both NAMMA and Panavia, but the head office was initially at Filton. It was known as Rolls-Royce Turbo-Union Ltd. Turbo-Union was a fully integrated and collaborative European Company, whose formal language was English, by kind and charitable agreement of the Governments concerned. The organisation of the company was of FG (Functional Group) kind - for example, FG4 was Concept Design Engineering, FG6 was Customer Support Engineering and Provisioning, and so on. Each FG was chaired by a European person included people from all three companies as required. The FG also had subgroups - for example, FG4-4 was Development, FG6-2 was FTC (Flight Test Centre) support.
The company is now based at the home of Rolls-Royce in Derby, but also has an office at the Panavia head office in Germany.
Turbo Union as a whole designed and produced the engine, albeit the GA (General Arrangement) drawing was assembled at Bristol (Filton) from all three partners inputs. Over 2000 engines were built up to and including the 1990s, from components sourced in all three countries in approximate proportion to their Governmental support. The RAF had engines assembled and supported from Bristol, the German Air Force and Navy from Munich, and the Italian Air Force from Turin (Torino).
When it was formed in October 1969 it was claimed to be the largest aero-engine consortium in the world. The RB199 would be Europe's biggest ever military engine programme, and was based at Filton.
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