Defender in Tas wrote:

I was referring to the A-400M which I understood to be close to
deployment

Not even close. In fact they just recently, after far too many years and
numerous reschedulings, selected the engine _design_ that will allow them
to go ahead with building the _prototype_.

and with substantial orders in Europe. Anyone have any
accurate information on this?

Numerous articles in AvLeak and just about any decent aviation magazine
will detail the tortuous process that has allowed them to stagger this
far, and the current state of the program. Expect further delays to the
in-service date.

Guy