Military Transport Aircraft Division
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Military Transport Aircraft Division
3 min. 47 sec. | Windows Media
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The Military Transport Aircraft Division (MTA) designs, manufactures and commercialises light and medium transport aircraft, all with different versions. It is responsible for the CASA FITS mission system, the transformation of the Airbus military derivatives, the avionics overhauls of transport aircraft and for the development and manufacture of aerostructures.
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EADS CASA is the world leader in the light and medium military transport aircraft market with the CASA C-212, CASA CN-235 and the CASA C-295. More than 700 of these aircraft are being flown by over 100 operators around the world. EADS CASA is the only manufacturer that covers the 3-to-9 ton segment. Final assembly of all these aircraft is carried out at the San Pablo facilities in Seville.
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The Spanish Air Force was the first to employ the new CASA C-295, while the Polish Air Force has ordered a further eight of these aircraft. In addition, the Navy of the United Arab Emirates selected the CASA C-295 ASW with the CASA FITS mission system for its maritime patrol aircraft programme.
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EADS has the majority participation on the future A400M large military transport aircraft. It is designed according to the needs of the eight European countries that contributed to the project and that ordered a total of 196 units. The manufacturing and management of this programme is handled by AIRBUS MILITARY. The Military Transport Aircraft Division of EADS will manufacture the horizontal stabiliser, the engine nacelles and will undertake the final assembly of all the aircraft at the San Pablo facilities in Seville.
The A400M is the most modern and competitive of the solutions for European tactical transport, logistical, humanitarian and peace-keeping needs. It will replace the C-130 Hercules and C-160 Transall aircraft currently in operation.
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Based on the excellent tried-and-true characteristics of the CASA C-212, CASA CN-235 and CASA C-295 platforms, MTA developed such maritime patrol versions as the PATRULLERO and PERSUADER, optimum aircraft for all types of missions, ranging from Maritime Surveillance to more sophisticated operations such as Anti-submarine/Anti-surface Warfare (ASW/ASuW), Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Control, Search and Rescue (SAR), etc.
EADS CASA developed the Fully Integrated Tactical System (FITS). This mission system features leading-edge technology sensors and a data processing system based on an open architecture that can be controlled from universal reconfigurable consoles. It can be installed on any platform for maritime patrol missions.
The CASA FITS was contracted by the Spanish Air Force for the modernisation of its P-3 Orions and by the Mexican Navy for the modernisation of its CASA C-212 maritime patrol aircraft. Together with the CASA C-295 platform, it was also selected by the United Arab Emirates Navy.
MTA is responsible for the transformation of Airbus A310-300 and A330-200 platforms into the Combi/Cargo/Passenger configuration and into the Multirole Tanker Transport (MRTT). Two VIP versions of the aircraft were purchased by the Spanish Air Force.
Together with other four companies, the Division also takes part in the joint Air Tanker project to offer the British Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA). Based on a new policy of defence purchases, the goal of the FSTA is to replace the existing tankers flown by the Royal Air Force with wide-ranging air transport services and in-flight refuelling solutions provided by industry.
The MTA Division boasts vast expertise in the use of composite materials for the manufacture of aerostructures and in advanced automated processes. Its technological capacity can offer solutions in the design, industrialisation, manufacture and certification of complex aeronautics structures. Currently, it produces aerostructures for different aeronautics programmes including Boeing, Airbus, Fairchild Dornier, etc.
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It also has the know-how to manufacture fan cowls with state-of-the-art technological applications such as fibre placement -Airbus fan cowls.
