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The SEPECAT Jaguar is powered by the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour turbofan engine, which was developed in parallel with, and primarily for the Jaguar. A separate partnership was formed between Rolls-Royce and Turbomeca to develop the Adour, a two-shaft turbofan engine with afterburner . [ 9 ]
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.
The RB.203 was a private venture engine built on the core of the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour turbofan used in the SEPECAT Jaguar and the later Hawker Siddeley Hawk. [3] The first three-spool engine, it was intended as a civilian replacement for the earlier Rolls-Royce Spey.
A SEPECAT Jaguar of the French Air Force over the Adriatic Sea in 2003. SEPECAT (French: Société Européenne de Production de l'avion Ecole de Combat et d'Appui Tactique) [a] was an Anglo-French aircraft manufacturer. Established during 1966, its aim was to handle the development and commercialization of the Jaguar, an attack and training ...
Honeywell's F125 engine for IAF Jaguar at Aero India 2013. The afterburning F125 engine was being considered, in 2009, by the Indian Air Force as a replacement for the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour engines in their SEPECAT Jaguar aircraft. The new engine would be both lighter and more powerful. It was successfully demonstrated in 2007. [19]
During the definition phase of what became the SEPECAT Jaguar ground attack aircraft, a separate partnership was formed between British aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce and French helicopter engine specialist Turbomeca to develop the Adour, an afterburning turbofan engine, to power the aircraft. [3]
Type Country Class Role Date Status No. Notes Aeritalia F-104S: Italy: Turbojet: Fighter: 1966: Production: 246: Interceptor AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo: Taiwan: Turbofan: Fighter
The first of the Jaguar's eight prototypes flew on 8 September 1968. [29] [30] During 1973, service entry was achieved with the French Air Force, by which time Breguet had become part of Dassault Aviation. [31] SEPECAT received various export orders for the Jaguar, overseas nations that flew the type included India, Ecuador, Nigeria and Oman.