# List of military aircraft mechanical systems in production and in development by the European defence industry

This list of military aircraft mechanical systems in production and in development by the European defence industry aims at summarising the current status of the aerospace defence industry in Europe. This list focuses on the Western European military block industry, and excludes Russia, Belarus and Serbia.
Some of the systems included have foreign participation, some others are 100% European. The main participants in the systems are mentioned.

## Aircraft engines
### Aircraft engines and engine parts in production

| Model | Variant | Type | Origin | Used by |
| Jet fighter engines ||||||
| Eurojet EJ200 | Mk 101 | Turbofan engine | UK / Germany / Italy / Spain | Eurofighter Typhoon, Airbus Wingman |
| Safran M88 | — | Turbofan engine | France | Dassault Rafale |
| Turbofan aircraft engines ||||||
| CFM International CFM56 | 5B3 or 5B3/P or 5B3/2P | Turbofan engine | France / USA | Airbus A319CJ, Airbus A321-200, Airbus A321-211 Netra Mk2, Boeing E-3D Sentry, Boeing E-6 Mercury. Boeing E-7 Wedgetail, Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Boeing C-40 Clipper, Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker, Boeing RC-135, Boeing WC-135 |
| CFM LEAP | LEAP-1A | Turbofan engine | France / USA | Airbus A321 Neo LR, Airbus A321 Neo XLR MPA |
| International Aero Engines V2500 | — | Turbofan engine | Switzerland / Germany / Japan / UK / USA | Embraer KC-390, Airbus A319CJ, Airbus A319OH, Airbus A321-200 |
| Ivchenko Progress AI-25 | — | Turbofan engine | Ukraine | Bayraktar Kızılelma, Hongdu JL-8 |
| Ivchenko-Progress AI-322 | — | Turbofan engine | Ukraine | Bayraktar Kızılelma, Hongdu L-15, TAI Anka-3 |
| Ivchenko Progress D-436 | — | Turbofan engine | Ukraine | Antonov An-178, Beriev Be-200 |
| Rolls-Royce BR710 | — | Turbofan engine | Germany / UK | Bombardier Global 5000 (ELTA SIGINT India, VIP transport) ; Bombardier Global 6000 (electronic warfare (Pakistan and Turkey), Hensoldt Pegasus, Northrop E-11A, Project Dolphin ELINT UAE, Saab GlobalEye, Saab Swordfish, VIP transport), Bombardier Global 6500 (SNC HADES) ; Gulfstream V (C-37A - VIP transport) ; Gulfstream G550 (C-37B - VIP transport, E-550A / G550 CAEW, L3Harris EA-37B Compass Call, MC-55A Peregrine - SIGINT / ELINT) |
| Rolls-Royce BR725 | F130 | Turbofan engine | Germany / UK / USA | Boeing B-52J |
| Rolls-Royce Trent 700 | — | Turbofan engine | UK | Airbus A330-200 MRTT |
| Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 | — | Turbofan engine | UK | Airbus A330-800 Neo MRTT+ |
| Rolls-Royce Trent XWB | Trent XWB-84 | Turbofan engine | UK | Airbus ACJ350-900 |
| Turboprop aircraft engines ||||||
| Eurotrop TP400 D6 | — | Turboprop engine | UK / France / Germany / Spain | Airbus A400M Atlas |
| Ivchenko AI-20 | WJ-6 | Turboprop engine | Ukraine / China | AVIC AG600, Shaanxy Y-8, |
| Rolls-Royce AE 2100 | AE 2100D2A | Turboprop engine | UK / USA | Alenia C-27J Spartan |
| Rolls-Royce AE 2100 | AE 2100D3 | Turboprop engine | UK / USA | Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules |
| Rolls-Royce AE 2100 | AE 2100J | Turboprop engine | UK / USA | ShinMaywa US-2. |
| Rolls-Royce AE 2100 | AE 2100P | Turboprop engine | UK / USA | Saab 2000 AEW&C |
| Propfan aircraft engines ||||||
| Ivchenko Progress D-27 | D-27 | Propfan engine | Ukraine | Antonov An-70 |
| Small aircraft / MALE drone engines ||||||
| Austro Engine E4 | — | Jet fuel piston engine (Inline-4) | Austria | Diamond DA40NG, Diamond DA42, DRDO Archer NG |
| Hirth Motors 4102 | — | Diesel cycle engines | Germany | EMT Luna UAV |
| Hirth Motors 4201 EFI | — | Gasoline engine | Germany | MartinUAV V-BAT |
| Ivchenko Progress AI-450 | AI-450S | Turboprop engine | Ukraine | Baykar Bayraktar TB2, Diamond Dart 450 |
| Ivchenko Progress AI-450 | AI-450T | Turboprop engine | Ukraine | Baykar Bayraktar Akıncı |
| Rotax 912 | — | Jet fuel piston engine (Flat-four, 4-stroke) | Austria | Baykar Bayraktar TB2, Diamond DA20 Katana, General Atomics Altus, General Atomics Gnat, Pipistrel Virus, Technam P2006T MRI |
| Rotax 914 | — | Turbocharged jet fuel piston engine (Flat-four, 4-stroke) | Austria | CAIG Wing Loong, Denel Dynamics Bateleur, EADS Harfang, General Atomics MQ-1Predator, IAI Heron, Pipistrel Virus |
| Rotax 916 | — | Jet fuel piston engine (Flat-four, 4-stroke) | Austria | Atobá XR, Elbit Hermes 900 |
| Safran Ardiden | Ardiden 3TP | Turboprop engine for drones | France / Germany (gearbox and propeller) | Turgis et Gaillard Aarok [fr] |
| Thielert Centurion | — | Diesel cycle aircraft engines | Germany | Cirrus SR-22 , Diamond DA40, Diamond DA42 Twin Star, General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle, TAI Anka |
| Walter H Series | H75-100 | Turboprop engine | Czech Republic / USA | Diamond Dart 550, Dornier Do 28, |
| Walter H Series | H80-200 | Turboprop engine | Czech Republic / USA | Let L-410 Turbolet |
| 3W International | — | 2-stroke engine | Germany / Netherlands | Boeing Insitu MQ-27 ScanEagle |
| Helicopter engines ||||||
| Ivchenko Progress D-27 | D-127 | Turboshaft engine | Ukraine | Mil Mi-26M |
| Motor Sich MS-500V | — | Turboshaft engine | Ukraine | PZL W-3 |
| Motor Sich TV3-117 | — | Turboshaft engine | Ukraine | TAI T929 ATAK 2 |
| MTR390 | MTR390-2C | Turboshaft engine | France / Germany / Spain / UK | Eurocopter EC665 Tiger (HAP, ARH, UHT) |
| MTR390 | MTR390-E | Turboshaft engine | France / Germany / Spain / UK | Eurocopter EC665 Tiger (HAD) |
| Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322 | — | Turboshaft engine | France / UK | AgustaWestland Apache, AgustaWestland AW101, NH Industries NH90 |
| Safran Aneto | Aneto-1K | Turboshaft engine | France | Leonardo AW149 |
| Safran Aneto | Aneto-1H | Turboshaft engine | France | IMRH (Indian Multi Role Helicopter), DBMRH (Deck Based Multi Role Helicopter) |
| Safran Arrano | Arrano 1A | Turboshaft engine | France | HIL - H160M Guépard [fr] |
| Safran Ardiden | Ardiden 3G | Turboshaft engine | France | Kamov Ka-60 |
| Safran Ardiden / HAL / Turbomeca Shakti | Ardiden 1H | Turboshaft engine | France / India (under licence) | HAL Dhruv, HAL Rudra, |
| Safran Ardiden / HAL / Turbomeca Shakti | Ardiden 1H1 | Turboshaft engine | France / India (under licence) | HAL Prachand |
| Safran Ardiden / HAL / Turbomeca Shakti | Ardiden 1U | Turboshaft engine | France / India (under licence) | HAL Light Utility Helicopter |
| Safran Arriel | Arriel 1E2 | Turboshaft engine | France | MBB BK117C, Eurocopter EC145, UH-72 Lakota |
| Safran Arriel | Arriel 2C2-CG | Turboshaft engine | France | Airbus H155, Eurocopter AS365N3+ Dauphin, Eurocopter AS565 Panther, Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin |
| Safran Arriel | Arriel 2D | Turboshaft engine | France | Airbus H125, Airbus H130 |
| Safran Arriel | Arriel 2E | Turboshaft engine | France | Airbus H145M, UH-72 Lakota |
| Safran Arriel | Arriel 2K | Turboshaft engine | France | Leonardo Proteus |
| Safran Arriel | Arriel 2N | Turboshaft engine | France | Airbus AS565 Mbe Panther |
| Safran Arriel | Arriel 2S2 | Turboshaft engine | France | Sikorsky S-76 |
| Safran Arriel | HAS-Arriel 2L2 | Turboshaft engine | France / South Korea | KAI LAH |
| Safran Arriel | Liming WZ-8A (Arriel 2C / 2C2) | Turboshaft engine | France / China (under licence) | Harbin Z-9 |
| Safran Arriel | Liming WZ-8C (Arriel 2C / 2C2) | Turboshaft engine | France / China (under licence) | Harbin Z-19 |
| Turbomeca Arrius | Arrius 2B2 / 2B2Plus | Turboshaft engine | France | Airbus H135 / EC635 |
| Turbomeca Arrius | Arrius 2K2 | Turboshaft engine | France | Leonardo AW109 |
| Turbomeca Arrius | Arrius 2R | Turboshaft engine | France | Bell 505 |
| Turbomeca Makila | Makila 1A1 | Turboshaft engine | France | Airbus H215M Cougar |
| Turbomeca Makila | Makila 1A2 | Turboshaft engine | France | Airbus H215 Super Puma |
| Turbomeca Makila | Makila 2A1 | Turboshaft engine | France | Airbus H225M |
| Turbomeca Makila | Makila 1K2 | Turboshaft engine | France | Denel Rooivalk |
| Turbomeca Turmo | WZ-6C | Turboshaft engine | France / China (under licence) | Changhe Z-8G Changhe Z-18 |
| Helicopter drones engines ||||||
| Austro Engine AE50R | — | Wankel engine | United States / Austria | Schiebel Camcopter S-100 |
| Hirth Motors 3503 | — | Diesel cycle engines | Germany | UMS Skeldar V-200 |
| Thielert Centurion | — | Diesel cycle engines | Germany | Airbus Helicopters VSR700 |

### Aircraft engines and engine parts in development

| Model | Variant | Type | Origin | Designed for |
| Jet fighter engines ||||||
| GCAP engine | — | Turbofan engine (variable cycle engine) | Italy / Japan / UK | GCAP |
| Safran M88 | T-REX | Turbofan engine | France | Dassault Rafale F5 |
| NGFE (New Generation Fighter Engine, with Safran, MTU Aero Engines, ITP Aero) | — | Turbofan engine (variable cycle engine) | France / Germany / Spain | SCAF |
| Wingman Engine (with Rolls-Royce Deutschland and ITP Aero) | — | Turbofan engine | Germany / Spain | Wingman concept |
| Turbofan aircraft engines ||||||
| Rolls Royce UltraFan | — | Geared turbofan engine | UK | Airliners (that will be eventually used militarily) |
| Turboprop aircraft engines ||||||
| Avio Catalyst | — | Turboprop engine | Italy / Germany / Poland / Czechia | Eurodrone |
| Propfan aircraft engines ||||||
| CFM International RISE | — | Propfan | France / USA | Airliners (that will be eventually used militarily) |
| Helicopter engines ||||||
| EURA (EUropean Military Rotorcraft Engine Alliance, with Safran / MTU Aero Engines) | — | Turboshaft engine | France / Germany | NATO NGRC (NATO Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability) |
| Novel Powerplant Study (Avio Aero / GE Aerospace) | — | Turboshaft engine | Italy / USA | NATO NGRC (NATO Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability) |
| Safran Arriel successor | — | Turboshaft engine | France | — |

## Engine parts and propellers
### Engine parts and propellers in production

| Model | Variants | Parts | Engine type | Origin of the part | Supplier | Used by |
| Parts for jet fighter engines ||||||||
| General Electric F110 | F110-GE-129 | Turbine disks (production) | Turbofan engine | Germany | MTU | F-16 Fighting Falcon (Block 50/52 and 70/72), F-15E Strike Eagle (F-15K, F-15SG, F-15SA, F-15QA), Boeing F-15EX Eagle II, Mitsubishi F-2, |
| General Electric F110 | F110-GE-129 | — | Turbofan engine | France | Safran | F-16 Fighting Falcon (Block 50/52 and 70/72), F-15E Strike Eagle (F-15K, F-15SG, F-15SA, F-15QA), Boeing F-15EX Eagle II, Mitsubishi F-2, |
| General Electric F110 | F110-GE-129 | — | Turbofan engine | Sweden | GKN Aero | F-16 Fighting Falcon (Block 50/52 and 70/72), F-15E Strike Eagle (F-15K, F-15SG, F-15SA, F-15QA), Boeing F-15EX Eagle II, Mitsubishi F-2, |
| General Electric F414 | — | Production of parts for the high and the low-pressure turbine | Turbofan engine | Germany | MTU | Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Boeing EA-18G Growler. HAL Tejas Mk2, KAI KF-21 Boramae, Saab JAS 39E/F Gripen |
| General Electric F414 | — | Structural and rotating components in the engine's fan and compressor area | Turbofan engine | Sweden | GKN Aero | Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Boeing EA-18G Growler. HAL Tejas Mk2, KAI KF-21 Boramae, Saab JAS 39E/F Gripen |
| Pratt & Whitney F135 | — | Rolls-Royce LiftSystem | STOVL turbofan engine | UK | Rolls-Royce | F-35 Lightning II - F-35B |
| Pratt & Whitney Canada PW300 | — | Lw-pressure turbine and casing (development and production) | Turbofan engine | Germany | MTU | Dassault Falcon 7X (VIP transport), Dassault Falcon 8X (VIP Transport, Archange - SIGINT and electronic warfare) |
| Pratt & Whitney PW2000 | F-117 | Low-pressure turbine and turbine exhaust casing (development) ; low-pressure turbine parts, turbine exit case, high-pressure turbine and high-pressure compressor parts, diffuser/combustion chamber module components (production) | Turbofan engine | Germany | MTU | Boeing C-17 Globemaster III |
| Pratt & Whitney PW2000 | F-117 | — | Turbofan engine | Sweden | GKN Aero | Boeing C-17 Globemaster III |
| Parts for turboprop aircraft engines ||||||||
| Allison T56 | — | NP2000 propeller | Turboprop engine | France | Ratier Figeac | Grumman E-2 Hawkeye (E-2C, E-2D, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Lockheed KC-130 (KC-130T, KC-130R), Lockheed CP-140 Aurora |
| Eurotrop TP400 D6 | — | FH385/FH386 variable pitch propellers (contra-rotating) | Turboprop engine | France | Ratier Figeac | Airbus A400M |
| Rolls-Royce AE 2100 | — | R414 propeller | Turboprop engine | UK | Dowty | Alenia C-27J Spartan, Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules, ShinMaywa US-2, Saab 2000 AEW&C |
| Parts for small aircraft / MALE drone engines ||||||||
| Austro Engine E4 | — | MTV-6, 3 blades propeller | Jet fuel piston engine (Inline-4) | Germany | MT propeller | Diamond DA40, Diamond DA42 |
| Continental IO-550 | — | MTV-14, 4 blades propeller | Piston engine | Germany | MT propeller | Cirrus SR22, SR22T |
| Honeywell TPE331 | TPE331-10 | MTV-27, 5-blades propeller | Turboprop engine | Germany | MT propeller | Dornier / RUAG 228 NG |
| Ivchenko-Progress AI-450 | AI-450S | 5-blades propeller | Turboprop engine | Germany | MT propeller | Baykar Bayraktar TB2, Diamond Dart 450 |
| Rotax 912 | 912S3 | MTV-21, 2-blades propeller | Jet fuel piston engine (Flat-four, 4-stroke) | Germany | MT propeller | Technam P2006T MRI |
| Rotax 912 | 912 ULS | MTV-33, 2-blades propeller | Jet fuel piston engine (Flat-four, 4-stroke) | Germany | MT propeller | Pipistrel Virus |
| Walter H Series | H75-100 | 5-blades propeller | Turboprop engine | Germany | MT propeller | Diamond Dart 550 |
| Walter H Series | H80-200 | AV-725, 5-blades propeller | Turboprop engine | Czech Republic | Avia | Let L-410 Turbolet |
| Parts for helicopter engines ||||||||
| General Electric GE38 | T408 | Power turbine (design and production) | Turboshaft engine | Germany | MTU | Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallions |

### Engine parts and propellers in development

| Model | Variants | Parts | Engine type | Origin | Supplier | Designed for |
| Jet fighter engines ||||||||
| NGFE (New Generation Fighter Engine) | — | Engine design and integration, design and production of the hot parts | Turbofan engine (variable cycle engine) | France | Safran | SCAF |
| NGFE (New Generation Fighter Engine) | — | High-pressure and low-pressure compressors and the compressor intermediate case as well as for parts of the control systems | Turbofan engine (variable cycle engine) | Germany | MTU | SCAF |
| NGFE (New Generation Fighter Engine) | — | Low-pressure turbine and the thrust nozzle | Turbofan engine (variable cycle engine) | Spain | ITP Aero | SCAF |
| Parts for turbofan aircraft engines ||||||||
| Rolls Royce UltraFan | — | Gearbox | Geared turbofan engine | UK / Germany | Liebherr-Aerospace / Rolls-Royce Deutschland | Airliners (that will be eventually used militarily) |
| Parts for turboprop aircraft engines ||||||||
| Avio Catalyst | — | 6-bladed propeller | Turboprop engine | Italy / Germany | MT Propeller | Eurodrone |

## Fuel and refuelling systems
### Fuel and refuelling systems in production

| Model | Variant | Type | Origin | Used by |
| Refuelling boom ||||||
| ARBS Airbus Military Aerial Refuelling Boom System | — | Refuelling boom | Germany, France, Spain | Airbus A330 MRTT, Airbus A330neo MRTT+ |
| Refuelling pods with drogue for tankers ||||||
| Cobham 805E FRU Fuselage Refueling Unit | — | Under-fuselage refuelling pod | United Kingdom | Airbus A330 MRTT and Airbus A330neo MRTT+ (1 × central drogue), EADS CASA C-295 |
| Cobham 808E HDU Hose Drum Unit | — | Under-fuselage refuelling pod (for aircraft) | United Kingdom | Airbus A400M (1 × central drogue) |
| Cobham 905E | — | Under-wing refuelling pod | United Kingdom | Airbus A330 MRTT and Airbus A330neo MRTT+ (2 × pods) |
| Cobham 908E WDE | — | Under-wing refuelling pod (for aircraft and helicopters) | United Kingdom | Airbus A400M (2 × pods) |
| Cobham 912E | — | Under-wing refuelling pod (for aircraft and helicopters) | United Kingdom | Embraer KC-390 (2 × pods) |
| Cobham Mk.32B | — | Under-fuselage rand under wings efuelling pod (for aircraft) | United Kingdom | Ilyushin Il-78MKI (3 × pods) |
| Cobham Series 48 AR Pod System | | Under-wing refuelling pod (for aircraft and helicopters) | United Kingdom | KC-130J Super Hercules (2 × pods) |
| Cobham WARP | — | Under-wing refuelling pod | United Kingdom | Boeing KC-46A Pegasus |
| Buddy-buddy refuelling pods with drogue for jet-fighters ||||||
| Cobham 31-301 | — | Buddy under-fuselage refueling pods | United Kingdom | A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 Intruder, A-7 Corsair II, F/A-18 Hornet, F/A-18 Super Hornet, MQ-25 Stingray, S-3A/B Viking |
| Cobham 754 | — | Buddy refueling pods | United Kingdom | Sukhoi Su-30MKA, Sukhoi Su-30MKI |
| Cobham FR300 HDU Hose Drum Unit | — | Buddy refueling pods | United Kingdom | Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey |
| Safran NARANG | — | Buddy under-fuselage refueling pods | France | Dassault Rafale |
| Safran N220B | — | Buddy under-fuselage refueling pods | France | Dassault Rafale |
| Refuelling probes for jet fighters ||||||
| Cobham / Safran fixed refuelling probe | — | Fixed refuelling probe | France / United Kingdom | Dassault Rafale, Dassault Mirage 2000 |
| Cobham fixed refuelling probe | — | Fixed refuelling probe | United Kingdom | Dassault Rafale, HAL Tejas Mk1 |
| Cobham retractable refuelling probe (before Smiths Aerospace) | — | Retractable refuelling probe | United Kingdom | F-35 Lightning II (F-35B, F-35C) |
| Cobham telescopic retractable refuelling probe | — | Telescopic retractable refuelling probe | United Kingdom | KAI FA-50, Saab JAS 39 Gripen |
| GE Aerospace UK retractable refuelling probe (before Smiths Aerospace) | — | Telescopic refuelling probe | United Kingdom | Eurofighter Typhoon, Panavia Tornado, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Northrop Grumman X-47B |
| Refuelling probes for other fixed-wing aircraft ||||||
| GE Aerospace UK refuelling probe (before Smiths Aerospace) | — | Refuelling probe | United Kingdom | Airbus A400M |
| Refuelling probes for rotary wing aircraft ||||||
| Cobham fixed refuelling probe | — | Fixed refuelling probe | United Kingdom | Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey |
| Cobham removable refuelling probe | — | Removable refuelling probe | United Kingdom | AgustaWestland AW101, Airbus H225M Caracal |
| Additional internal fuel tanks ||||||
| Cobham AFFT Auxiliary Fuselage Fuel Tank | — | Additional internal duel tanks for tanker | United Kingdom | Embraer KC-390 |
| Cobham BFT Body Fuel Tanks | — | Additional internal duel tanks for tanker | United Kingdom | Boeing KC-46A Pegasus |
| External fuel tanks - jet fighters ||||||
| GE Aerospace UK (1,000 litres) | — | Drop tank | United Kingdom | Eurofighter Typhoon |
| RPL 541/542 (2,000 litres) | — | Drop tank | France | Dassault Mirage 2000 |
| Aresia RPL-701 (1,250 litres) | — | Drop tank | France | Dassault Rafale |
| Aresia RPL-741 (2,000 litres) | — | Drop tank | France | Dassault Rafale |

### Fuel and refuelling systems in development

| Model | Variant | Type | Origin | Designed for | Notes |
| Airbus Removable Refueling Boom | — | Refuelling boom | Germany | Airbus A330 MRTT, Airbus A330neo MRTT+ | |