The wise BEagle is right - the control thing ("single-lever" ??? Oh migaaahd !!!) is certainly a problem/challenge/stumbling block which is clearly making the whole A400M project miss milestone after milestone. I only hope that the latest team to get at the software problem manages to sort the thing out, otherwise ...
On another track - what kind of e.s.h.p. does P&W's Geared Turbofan develop at the gearbox output? It looks like a half-way house to the Big Turboprop, which if the A400M were offered at a later date for USAF use, could become the core of a fully-fledged turboprop*, and an acceptable "indigenous" power unit if the US military liked the aircraft but needed a home-grown donk ...
Just letting a wandering mind gather its hayseeds ...
*like the P&W Canada proposal which Airbus didn't select, but the work could have been useful in PW's move towards the GTF ...
PS Sorry if all this is somewhat off thread ...