Airbus Tests New Firefighting Prototype Kit on A400M

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(06/12/23)
 Airbus has carried out a brand new flight-test marketing campaign
of the A400M Roll-on/Roll-off firefighting prototype equipment, dropping
20,000 litres of retardant and creating excessive focus traces
over 400 metres lengthy.

Over a interval of two weeks, the A400M carried out
floor and flight-test campaigns in
Spain that included six drops, three of which used red-coloured
retardant and three utilizing water.

“We have now examined a brand new model of the equipment,
bettering dropping effectivity and lowering discharge time by over
30% in comparison with final yr, whereas mixed with speedy deployment
and straightforward set up on the A400M plane,” stated Jean-Brice
Dumont, Head of Navy Air Programs at Airbus Defence and House.
“We proceed to pioneer new options and capabilities for our
A400M fleet, on this case defending populations and pure
environments from fires.”

The roll-on/roll-off equipment doesn’t require any
modification to the plane and is due to this fact interchangeable to
any A400M.

The water or retardant is saved in a tank within the
cargo maintain of the plane and, by utilizing a mechanical lever, a
door is opened to permit the liquid to circulate out of the plane by means of a discharge pipe. The
present design of the prototype is able to dropping 20,000 litres in a single discharge.

The tanks will be crammed in lower than 10 minutes
utilizing customary high-pressure pumps on the bottom.

In July 2022, Airbus examined a detachable
firefighting demonstrator equipment on the A400M for the primary time. The
firm concluded that the A400M firefighting equipment provides
extra capabilities not obtainable in the marketplace due to its
high-dropping capability, manoeuvrability and the potential to
convert any common A400M in any fleet to a firefighting plane
at very quick discover.

The A400M can also be ideally suited to firefighting
as it’s designed to take off and land on quick and
unpaved runways.

Airbus A400M at Don Mueang Airport (DMK) in Bangkok – Inside and Exterior Tour – April 2012

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