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CHARACTERISTICS PLANNED (provided as an indication only)

  Flight crew: 2/3 men
  Development in an environment of electronic warfare and infrared and/or electromagnetic threat
  Special mission platforms (maritime patrol or advanced warning system etc.)

Tactical capacity :

  large degree of manoeuvrability in flight and on the ground
  take-off and landing on short and unprepared areas of ground
  autonomous loading/unloading, air dropping, parachuting

Logistical capacity :

  high cruising speed and long radius of action
  large carriage capacity

Weight :

  equipped and empty : 78.6 tonnes
  maximum on take-off : 141.0 tonnes

Engines :

   4 SR turboprop TP 400 with a power of 11000 shp each.

Dimensions :

  Length : 45.1 metres
  Wingspan : 42.4 metres
  Height : 14.7 metres
  Carrying area : 221 m2
  Volume (including the rear access ramp) : 340 m3
  Deck surface (including the rear access ramp) : 92 m2
  Deck length : 17.7 metres

Cruise speed :

  Mach 0.68 - 0.72

Distance coverable :

  up to 8700 km

Cruise altitude :

  above 10,000 metres

Load capacity :

  standard : 25 tonnes
  maximum : 37 tonnes

Refuelling version :

  41 tonnes of fuel transferable with 1 hour waiting and radius of action 450 kms
  30 tonnes of fuel transferable with 3 hours waiting and radius of action 1000 kms

Example of load :

  116 parachutists/soldiers or 9 pallets of 2.7 metres x 2.2 metres
  48 parachutists/soldiers and 8 pallets of 2.7 metres x 2.2 metres