Volvo Aero, a subsidiary of Swedish company Volvo, develops and manufactures components for aircraft and rocket engines with high technology content in co-operation with the world’s leading engine manufacturers. Image File history File links Volvo_aero. ... Volvo Cars is the car maker using the Volvo Trademark. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A cold (un-ignited) rocket engine test at NASA A rocket engine is a reaction engine that can be used for spacecraft propulsion as well as terrestrial uses, such as missiles. ...

Nohab Flygmotorfabriker AB was founded in Trollhättan, Sweden, in 1930 to produce aircraft engines for the Swedish Board of Aviation. As the name of the company indicates it was a subsidiary to NOHAB. In 1937 it became a part of the newly founded SAAB but already in 1941 Volvo acquired a majority of the stock and the name was changed to Svenska Flygmotor AB (SFA), and later on Volvo Flygmotor. The page covers both the municipality and the town Trollhättan Waterfalls in Trollhättan Trollhättan Municipality is a Municipality in western Sweden where the City Trollhättan is the seat. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nohab diesel NOHAB, (Nydqvist & Holm AB), Swedish manufacturing company in the town of Trollhättan. ... For other uses, see Saab (disambiguation). ... Volvo Cars is the car maker using the Volvo Trademark. ...

Since the 1950s the company have been the major engine supplier to the Swedish Air Force. The Volvo Aero Group has 3,600 employees and in 2003 had total sales of 0.9 billion Euros. Today Volvo Aero is a partner in more than ten commercial engine programmes. Components from Volvo Aero are installed in more than 80% of all large aircraft engines sold. Coat of arms of the Swedish Air Force. ...

Products

Aircraft engines

Since its foundation the company has built expertise as the main supplier of single-engine systems for military aircraft. These have largely been in partnership with other engine manufacturer, like the RM1 (de Havilland Goblin) for the SAAB 21R, RM2 (de Havilland Ghost) for the SAAB J29, RM5 and RM6 (Rolls-Royce Avon) for the SAAB A32, RM8 (Pratt & Whitney JT8D) for the SAAB 39 Viggen. The Gripen's RM12 engine is a derivative of the GE-Aviation F404. Military aircraft are airplanes used in warfare. ... Saab 21R Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Saab J-21 The Saab 21R was a Swedish fighter/attack aircraft that saw service in the late 1940s. ... SAAB J 29 Tunnan (The Barrel) was a Swedish fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by Saab 1950 - 1956. ... The SAAB A32 Lansen (Swedish:lance) was a two-seater attack aircraft produced by SAAB from 1955 to 1960 for Flygvapnet, the Swedish air force. ... The Saab Viggen (Thunder Bolt or Bolt ¹) or Saab 37 is a Swedish fighter aircraft manufactured between 1970 and 1990 to replace the Saab Draken (Dragon). ... The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (Griffin or Gryphon) is a fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. ... GE-Aviation, a subsidiary of General Electric, is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio (a Cincinnati suburb). ... A turbofan engine with afterburner. ...

Svenska Flygmotor also designed the B42, four-cylinder boxer-engine, intended for the SAAB Safir. However, SAAB decided on using engines from de Havilland and Lycoming for the Safir. In the end the B42 came to power the Infanterikanonvagn 103 assault gun. A follow-up called B44 powered the Pansarbandvagn 301. Saab 91C of the Swedish Airforce. ... Pansarbandvagn 301 (pbv 301), was a Swedish armoured personnel carrier used by the Swedish Army. ...

Engine components

In order to be competitive Volvo Aero has specialised in a few very advanced jet engine components, mainly complex engine structures like turbine exhaust casings, turbine mid frames, LPT cases, compressor housings and large rotating parts.

Space propulsion

On the space propulsion side, Volvo Aero is the world’s largest manufacturer of combustion chambers and nozzles for commercial launch vehicles, and is the centre of excellence for rocket engine turbines in Europe.

Services

On the service side, Volvo Aero offer an extensive range of products including

• sales of spare parts for aircraft engines and aircraft
• sales and leasing of aircraft engines and aircraft
• overhaul and repair of aircraft engines.

Hydraulic Motors

The company have produced the F-series hydraulic motors under the Volvo Flygmotor and VOAC brands. An axial piston pump (also known as a circumfrential piston pump) is one where the pistons are arranged in a circular housing that is driven by a integral shaft that is, more or less, aligned with the pistons. ...

Locations

Volvo Aero subsidiaries are located in the United States and Norway, in addition to Volvo's home country, Sweden. The Norwegian plant, in Kongsberg, is the former Norsk Jetmotor (eng., "Norwegian Jet Engines"), itself formerly a part of Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk. Kongsberg (lit. ... Kongsberg Gruppen (KOG) (lit. ...

External links

• Volvo Aero homepage