The A400M, also known as Atlas, flies in the skies of several countries and has been successfully integrated into their air force fleets. It is the most modern, innovative and versatile military transport aircraft on the market.
It is the first aircraft designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space exclusively for military use. When the first lines of development for the A400M programme were addressed, the world had military, humanitarian and security priorities that were completely different from those of several decades earlier, when many of the aircraft currently in service were born.
The requirements put forward by the countries involved in its development were very ambitious. In addition to the capabilities that would be required of the new aircraft from an operational point of view, it would have to be equipped with the latest technologies. And so it has been.
The big challenge the A400M had to overcome was the task of developing a totally new product. El punto de partida fue una mesa de diseño en blanco desde la que hubo que abordar no solo el diseño de cada uno de los componentes del avión, sino también las interacciones entre todos ellos, así como prever la evolución de cada pieza y material empleados. Se trata de un proceso extremadamente complejo que, en el caso de un avión de transporte militar, está sometido a estrictas prestaciones establecidas por los ejércitos de las naciones implicadas.
Its performance is very attractive. Thanks to the advanced technologies it incorporates, it can reach higher, further and faster que los aviones con los que compite, a la vez que ofrece prestaciones inmejorables en pistas cortas o complicadas. Las innovaciones están presentes en todas las áreas, desde su diseño aerodinámico hasta la use of composite materials (including a 30% of its structure) or the engines it incorporates.
In this infographics hemos agrupado las principales características que convierten al A400M en el avión más eficiente y versátil de su clase.
