Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour

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. == Variants ==

; Bench engines : Ten prototype engines were built for testing by both Rolls-Royce and Turbomeca. • Adour Mk 102 - Second production variant with the addition of part-throttle reheat. In May 2007, following the retirement of the last 16 Jaguars from No. 6 Squadron RAF, based at RAF Coningsby, the Adour 106 has been phased out of RAF service. • Adour Mk 801 - For Mitsubishi F-1 & T-2 (JASDF) • TF40-IHI-801A - Licence-built version of Mk 801 by Ishikawajima-Harima for Mitsubishi F-1 & T-2 (JASDF) • Adour Mk 804 - Licence-built by HAL for Indian Air Force phase 2 Jaguars • Adour Mk 811 - Licence-built by HAL for Indian Air Force phase 3 to 6 Jaguars; rated at 8400 lbs of maximum thrust. BAe-built Jaguars were initially powered with two Adour 804E turbofans. • Adour Mk 821 - Engine upgrade of Mk804 and Mk811 engines, was under development for the Indian Air Force Jaguar aircraft. Dry (non-afterburning) • Adour Mk 151-01 Used by the Royal Air Force training aircraft fleet • Adour Mk 151-02 - Used by the Red Arrows • Adour Mk 851 • Adour Mk 861 • Adour Mk 871 - Used by Hawk 200 • F405-RR-401 - Similar configuration to Mk 871, for US Navy T-45 Goshawk. • Adour Mk 951 - Designed for the latest versions of the BAE Hawk and powering the BAE Taranis and Dassault nEUROn UCAV technology demonstrators. The Adour Mk 951 is a more fundamental redesign than the Adour Mk 106, with improved performance (rated at thrust) and up to twice the service life of the 871. It features an all-new fan and combustor, revised HP and LP turbines, and introduces Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC). The Mk 951 was certified in 2005. • F405-RR-402 - Upgrade of F405-RR-401, incorporating Mk 951 technology, certified 2008. Did not enter into service due to funding issues. Higher bypass • A high-bypass engine built around the core of the Adour and intended as a Spey replacement was developed by Rolls-Royce in 1967 as the Rolls-Royce RB.203 Trent. == Applications ==

• Aermacchi MB-338 (not-built) • BAE Hawk • BAE Taranis (UCAV development aircraft) • Dassault nEUROn (UCAV development aircraft) • McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk • SEPECAT Jaguar Licence-built ; Ishikawajima-Harima TF40-IHI-801A • Mitsubishi F-1 • Mitsubishi T-2 == Engines on display ==

• A Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour is on public display at the City of Norwich Aviation Museum in Horsham St Faith, Norfolk. • A Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk.151-01 is on display at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, Doncaster. The engine is displayed alongside an ex-RAF Hawk T.1 XX238. == Specifications (Adour Mk 106) ==