MTR390
MTR390 is an active free-power-turbine turboshaft family developed collaboratively by MTU Aero Engines, Safran Helicopter Engines, and Rolls-Royce for the Airbus Helicopters Tiger. The MTR390-2C provides the baseline Tiger installation, while the MTR390-E adds 14 percent additional power; current MTU material documents the family’s helicopter application, variant boundary, and continuing support. Exact MTR390-2C/MTR390-E model identities and Tiger relationships remain separate records.
Identity
- Aliases
- MTR390MTR390-2CMTR390-E
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- family
- Kind
- turboshaft
- Name
- MTR390
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- MTR390 is an active free-power-turbine turboshaft family developed collaboratively by MTU Aero Engines, Safran Helicopter Engines, and Rolls-Royce for the Airbus Helicopters Tiger. The MTR390-2C provides the baseline Tiger installation, while the MTR390-E adds 14 percent additional power; current MTU material documents the family’s helicopter application, variant boundary, and continuing support. Exact MTR390-2C/MTR390-E model identities and Tiger relationships remain separate records.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 6, 2026 at 18:57:19 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 11:26:02 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- MTU identifies MTR390 as a free-power-turbine turboshaft for the Franco-German Tiger, gives MTR390-2C and MTR390-E power variants, and documents the MTU/Safran/Rolls-Royce development partnership.
- Publisher
- MTU Aero Engines
- Title
- MTR390
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- MTU confirms MTR390 application to the Tiger and the collaboration boundary with Safran Helicopter Engines and Rolls-Royce.
- Publisher
- MTU Aero Engines
- Title
- Helicopters
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- MTU historical product material records the 2C production program and the uprated E version.
- Publisher
- MTU Aero Engines
- Title
- MTR390