MTU Aero Engines AG
Aero engine modules, military engines and global engine maintenance
MTU Aero Engines works out of the Allach district of Munich, on a site whose aero engine history runs back to BMW. The present name dates from 1969, when Daimler-Benz and MAN merged their engine businesses, and the company has been independent since KKR bought it from DaimlerChrysler in 2004 and floated it the following year. It joined the DAX in 2019. Revenue reached 8.7 billion euros in 2025 across 13,674 employees, against an order backlog of 29.5 billion, roughly three years of work. The dividend was raised 64 percent for that year. The business reports in three parts. Commercial engine work is about a quarter of revenue, the military engine business around seven percent, and commercial engine maintenance the remaining two thirds.
MTU rarely builds a whole engine. It builds modules, and the two it owns are the low-pressure turbine and the high-pressure compressor. On Pratt & Whitney's geared turbofan family, flying on the A320neo, A220 and Embraer E2, it supplies the high-speed low-pressure turbine and the forward four stages of the high-pressure compressor, and the PW1100G-JM variant is the single largest line in the backlog. It develops and manufactures the turbine centre frame for the GEnx on the 787 and the GE9X on the 777X, the low-pressure turbines for the PW4000, PW2000 and PW500, and compressor and turbine hardware for the PW800 used in Gulfstream and Falcon business jets. The V2500 came out of the International Aero Engines partnership and the GP7000 for the A380 out of the Engine Alliance. The PW6000 for the A318 remains the one commercial core engine MTU took sole responsibility for, and the shops also handle CF6, GE90, CFM56, LEAP and PW300 work.
The military engine business runs through consortia. EJ200 for the Eurofighter is built inside Eurojet with Rolls-Royce, Avio Aero and ITP Aero, and MTU makes the compressor stages in blisk form. TP400-D6 for the A400M comes through Europrop International, RB199 for the Tornado through Turbo-Union, and MTR390 for the Tiger through the MTR consortium. It supplies the power turbine for the T408 on the CH-53K, parts of the T64, F414 and F110, and leads compressor development on the next generation fighter engine for the Future Combat Air System with Safran and ITP Aero. Commercial engine maintenance is now the largest slice of the company, roughly 7,000 people working on more than thirty engine types in Hannover, Berlin, Vancouver, Fort Worth, Zhuhai, Serbia, Brazil, Australia and Poland. More than 270 airline customers use that network, which has logged over 27,000 shop visits. Industrial gas turbines, sold as MTU Power, cover the LM2500 and LM6000 derived from GE aero cores. Research sits under the Claire agenda, taking in the water-enhanced turbofan, the European SWITCH hybrid electric project and a flying fuel cell whose only exhaust is water. Airbus and MTU agreed in July 2026 to move that hydrogen work into a joint venture from 2027.
- Low-pressure turbine design and manufacture
- High-pressure compressor design and manufacture
- Turbine centre frame development and production
- Blisk manufacturing and advanced rotor technology
- Military engine development through international consortia
- Commercial engine overhaul and module repair
- Military engine in-service support and health monitoring
- Industrial gas turbine parts and maintenance
- Engine leasing, asset management and on-wing support
- Hydrogen fuel cell and hybrid electric propulsion research
- High-temperature materials, coatings and additive manufacturing
Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan for the A320neo, A220 and Embraer E2, with MTU supplying the high-speed low-pressure turbine and forward high-pressure compressor stages.
A320neo geared turbofan variant and the largest single programme in MTU's order backlog.
Boeing 777X engine, with MTU responsible for development, manufacture, assembly and repair of the turbine centre frame.
Boeing 787 engine, with MTU developing and manufacturing the turbine centre frame.
Boeing 777 engine supported through MTU's overhaul network.
Widebody and military transport engine, with MTU making turbine and compressor components.
A320 family and C-390 engine developed and built through the International Aero Engines partnership.
Airbus A380 engine from the Engine Alliance, with MTU building components and maintaining the low-pressure turbine.
Boeing 777 engine, with MTU developing and manufacturing the seven-stage low-pressure turbine.
Boeing 757 and C-17 engine, with MTU developing and manufacturing the low-pressure turbine.
Airbus A318 engine and the one commercial core engine MTU took sole responsibility for.
Business jet engine for Gulfstream and Dassault Falcon aircraft, with MTU supplying the high-pressure compressor and low-pressure turbine.
Business jet engine family for Dassault Falcon aircraft.
Light business jet engine, with MTU developing and manufacturing the low-pressure turbine.
Boeing 737 and A320 engine supported through MTU's maintenance network.
A320neo and 737 MAX engine supported through MTU maintenance, with the first LEAP-1B inducted at Fort Worth in 2026.
Eurofighter Typhoon engine built through the Eurojet consortium, with MTU supplying blisk compressor stages.
Airbus A400M turboprop built through Europrop International, rated at about 11,000 shaft horsepower.
Panavia Tornado engine built through Turbo-Union, with MTU responsible for compressor and turbine components.
Tiger attack helicopter engine from the MTR consortium, with MTU building the high-pressure turbine and combustor.
Sikorsky CH-53K engine, with MTU contributing the power turbine.
CH-53G engine, with MTU manufacturing the high-pressure turbine and high-pressure compressor.
F/A-18 Super Hornet and EA-18G engine, with MTU producing high- and low-pressure turbine parts.
F-16 and F-15 engine, with MTU manufacturing low-pressure compressor turbine disks.
Industrial gas turbine derived from the CF6 aero engine, supported by MTU Power.
Industrial gas turbine derived from the CF6-80 aero engine, supported by MTU Power.
Hydrogen fuel cell propulsion concept where electrical energy drives a propeller and water is the only emission.
Engine concept recovering water vapour from the exhaust and returning it to the combustion chamber to cut fuel burn and emissions.
Overhaul, module repair and shop visits for more than thirty engine types across a global network of about 7,000 people.
In-service support for Bundeswehr and allied engine fleets, including A400M and CH-53G propulsion.
Lease pool support, technical asset management and on-site services around shop visits.
Production of bladed disk compressor rotors for military and commercial engine programmes.
Parts, modules and maintenance for industrial gas turbine operators under the MTU Power brand.
Programs & Platforms
Munich, Germany
Ownership
Publicly traded · Frankfurt Stock Exchange: MTX