Airbus Military's A400M "Grizzly" has completed sufficient simulated flight-cycle testing on a full-scale airframe to achieve civil type certification of the airlifter by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
The test specimen has undergone 1,665 cycles.
The test programme is required to simulate flights at least one year ahead of the actual operations performed by the aircraft.
Grizzly hits EASA test benchmark
