Euroflag
| Industry | Aerospace |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | FIMA |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Defunct | January 1999[citation needed] |
| Successor |
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| Headquarters | Rome , Italy |
| Products | Future Large Aircraft |
Euroflag was a collaboration of European aerospace companies formed for the development of the Future Large Aircraft project which was eventually to result in the Airbus A400M Atlas. Development eventually moved under the stewardship of Airbus Defence and Space.
History
Origins
The project began as the Future International Military Airlifter (FIMA) group, set up in 1982 by; Aérospatiale, British Aerospace, Lockheed and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm to develop a replacement for the C-130 Hercules and C-160 Transall.[1][verification needed] Varying requirements and the complications of international politics caused slow progress. In 1989, Lockheed left the group, and went on to develop the second-generation C-130J Super Hercules.
Formation
In July 1991 with the addition of Alenia Aeronautica, CASA, OGMA, and TAI of Turkey the Future International Military Airlifter group became Euroflag, European future large aircraft group.[2][3] a joint-venture company based in Rome.[4]
Succession
1995 saw the FLA military transport project in charge of requirement-definition and selection processes with Airbus Military eventually taking over the project.[5]
Participants
- Aerospatiale (France)
- Alenia (Italy)
- British Aerospace (United Kingdom)
- CASA (Spain)
- Deutsche Airbus (Germany)
- SONACA (Belgium)
- SABCA (Belgium)
- OGMA (Portugal)
- TAI (Turkey)
References
- ^ Ahmed Khairy Noor; Samuel L. Venneri (eds.). Future Aeronautical and Space Systems. pp. 114–116.
- ^ Díez, López; Tornell, Asenjo (3 October 2018). "A400M aircraft. Design Requirements & Conceptual Definition" (PDF). Airbus. Historical background of A400M (1). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2019.
- ^ "About the Atlas (A400M)". Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Euroflag". Flight International. 6 October 1993. pp. 42–43. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ 2015, Nini & Kübler, p. 15.
Sources
- Nini, Markus; Kübler, Klaus (January 2013). "3. Between Requirement and Reality: déjà-vu A400M". Are large projects in the aerospace and armaments industries still manageable? (PDF). Cooperational Excellence (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2019.