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1971
1971 - 0021.PDF
AERO ENGINES FLIGHT International, 7 January 1971 sales up at Yen33,200 million, £389 million, of which aero engine sales represented some three per cent. IHI is the largest Japanese aero-engine manufacturer and is the only company to also operate a design and development capability. It has grown largely through licensed-manufacture of General Electric and Rolls-Royce turbines of which forth coming manufacture of Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour turbofan is programmed for Mitsubishi XT-2 strike-fighter/ trainer. General Electric licensed engines are J79-IHI-17 17.9001b, B1.2UN turbojet for .TASDF McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ ISHIKAWAJIMA-HARIMA HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO LTD 100 PER CENT AIRCRAFT ENGINE DIVISION c ROLLS-ROYCE TURBOMECALTD Adour turbofan 4,4001 b-6,600lb (j3turbojet3,080l b-3,5151 b J ;>—i GENERAL ELECTRIC CO ("j79 turbojet 11,870lb-17,9O0lbJ •4— — ' ( J11 turbojet j (jR100& 200 series lift-jet3,180lb-4,585lb GENERAL ELECTRIC CO f T64turboprop2,850e.h.p. j -4 ' ' i ! (cT58 & T58 turboshaft 1,250-1,500 s.h.p.V < ' fighter, and T64 turboprop and T58 turboshaft for Shin Meiwa PS-1 flying boat. Company developed products include J3 3,0801b, 14.00kN, to 3,4151b, 15.50kN, turbojet and its Jll successor, together with the JR100 and JR200 series of lift- jets. In addition IHI has been selected as prime contractor for Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industries' 20,0001b, 90.72kN, advanced-technology commercial turbofan project. KAWASAKI Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. Headquarters: Kobe. Public company engaged in shipbuilding, rolling stock, general engi neering, aircraft and aircraft turbine manufacture. 1969 corporate sales up at Yen37,000 million, £433 million, of which aero-engine sales represented extremely small pro portion. Kawasaki's prime aero-engine activity is licensed-manufacture of Lycoming T53-L-13 1,400 s.h.p., l,044kW turboshafts for Japanese-built Bell UH-1B helicopters. MITSUBISHI Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Headquarters: Tokyo. Public company engaged in heavy engineering, aircraft and aircraft turbine manufacture, 1969 corporate sales up at Yen65,000 million, £761 million, of which aero-engine sales represented extremely small proportion. Mitsubishi's prime aero-engine activity is licensed-manufac ture of Allison T63-A-5A 317 s.h.p. 236kW turboshafts for JGDF Hughes 369HM helicopters. POLAND IL Instytut Lotnictwa. Headquarters: Warsaw. National aviation institute engaged in general aerospace R&D including aircraft turbine development. IL's only known aero-engine is the erstwhile SO-1 2,2051b, lOkN, turbojet powering early versions of the WSK-Mielec TS-1I Iskra trainer. Although further development of the SO-1 is understood to have taken place, the TS-1I is currently powered by the HO-10 1,7601b, 8kN, turbojet of undesignated Polish origin. PZL Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze. Headquarters: Warsaw. National corporation engaged in aero-engine manufacture. PZL's activities embrace licensed-manufacture of Russian piston and turbine engines including the Isotov GTD-350 395 s.h.p. 295kW turboshaft for Polish-built Mil Mi-2 helicopters. SOUTH AFRICA ATLAS Atlas Aircraft Corporation of South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Head quarters: Kempton Park, Transvaal. Subsidiary company of State-owned Armaments Development and Production Cor poration of South Africa Ltd. Atlas engaged in aircraft and aircraft turbine manufacture. South Africa's sole aero-engine concern, Atlas manufactures Rolls-Royce Viper 11 2,5001b, 11.3kN, turbojet (under sub licence from Piaggio) for Atlas-built Macchi MB.326M trainer/ light attack aircraft. All activities related to commercial aviation ceased in 1969. SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT ARMAMENTS DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA LTD , 100 PER CENT ATLAS AIRCRAFT CORPORATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD ROLLS-ROYCE LTD Viper 11 turbojet 2,500 lb INDUSTRIE AERONAUTICHE E MECC ANICHE RIN ALDO PIAGGIO SpA Viper 500 series SOVIET UNION GLUSHENKOV One of Russia's smaller bureaux, apparently specialising in lower power turboprops and turboshafts. Known products are the 950 s.h.p., 708kW TVD-10 turboprop powering the Beriev Be-30 transport, and a (probably) related 900 s.h.p., 671kW turboshaft powering the Kamov Ka-25K helicopter. ISOTOV Isotov has two known engines, both of which are turbo shafts—the 395 s.h.p. 295kW GTD-350 powering the Mil Mi-2 helicopter, and the 1,500 s.h.p. l,119kW TB-2-117 powering the Mil Mi-8 helicopter. The GTD-350 is also licence-manufactured by PZL for Polish-built Mi-2s. IVCHENKO A leading supplier of turbines for commercial and military transports, Ivchenko has three major products, the 3,3001b, 14.97kN, AI-25 turbofan, the 2,515 e.h.p. l,875kW to 2,781 e.h.p. 2,074kW AI-24 turboprop, and the 4,000 e.h.p. 2,983kW AI-25 turboprop. The AI-25 powers the Yakovlev Yak-40 transport and is also licence-built by Motorlet for the Aero L-39 trainer for which the Czech company is developing higher-rated ver sions. The AI-24 powers Antonov An-24 series of transports and the AI-20, first known turbine engine from the Ivchenko bureau, has a wide range of applications in Antonov, Beriev and Ilyushin twin-engined transports. KUZNETSOV One of Russia's major bureaux, Kuznetsov supplies a high proportion of the country's large transport engines. Current products include the 15,000 e.h.p. l,119kW NK-12 turboprop (most powerful propeller turbine in the world) powering the Antonov An-22 and Tupolev Tu-114; the 23,1501b, 105kN, NK-8 turbofan powering the Ilyushin 11-62 and Tupolev Tu-154; and its supersonic afterburning derivative, the 38,5801b, 175kN, NK-144 powering the Tupolev Tu-144 SST. MIKULIN The fact that there is only one known product of the Mikulin bureau, the large early-vintage M-209 military turbojet and
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