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The engine will be the General ElectricGeneral Electric Aircraft Engines GEAE is the top supplier of aircraft engines in the world and offers engines for the majority of commercial aircraft. GEAE is part of GE Transportation Systems, itself a major part of the enormous conglomerate General Ele F414M , which is a slightly derated version (at 75kN) of the standard F414. The engine may have final assembly conducted by VolvoVolvo Cars is the car maker using the brand Volvo. Volvo is a Swedish world leading manufacturer of commercial vehicles, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. The Group a, as that company already assembles a version of the similar F404 for Saab's Gripen fighter aircraftA fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft. Compare with bomber. Fighters are comparatively small, fast, and highly maneuverable, and have been fitted with increasingly sophisticated tracking and weapons syst. EADS originally intended to use the Eurojet EJ200The Eurojet EJ2000 is a military turbofan, used as the powerplant of the Eurofighter Typhoon. EJ200's design emerged in the late 1980s following the formation of EUROJET Turbo GmbH in 1986 to co-ordinate and manage the project. Much of the technology of t, but chose to not do so.
The Mako/HEAT will be deployed at three shared bases around the continent of Europe, for use by all partner nations. There are nine candidate bases, in seven countries, but there has been no final selection yet.
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