There is a delay in the A400M programme, widely reported, due to the need to strengthen some internal TP400-D6 engine components as a result of ground testing experience.
Hence the engine will not now fly until Q4 2007.
However, first A400M flight and first delivery are still scheduled for 2009.
With the number of A400M orders already secured for other customers, it would perhaps have been doubtful whether the RNoAF could receive A400Ms in 2009, so they have had to settle for the less capable C130J.
Which will still be a good freight aircraft for the RNoAF, of course - just not as good as the A400M will be, had they been able to wait.