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Always on duty for security and freedom - 30 years after its maiden flight, the Eurofighter is more important than ever. Here are 30 facts and figures on why the European fighter jet will continue to be state-of-the-art for the next three decades:
- lois.benquet@airbus.com
- External Communications-Airbus
Sep 11, 2023 · The Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 3A has been adopted by Middle Eastern air forces as well as the European partner nations. Shephard Defence Insight analyses its next-generation radar, cockpit technology and future upgrade plans.
- Why The Typhoon?
- Early Retirement
- Tempest and The Future of Typhoon
“If you look at the way that inter-service joint operations are planned, the way that investment is put forward into various platforms and the way the doctrine is set up, there is a tacit and, in some cases, explicit assumption that air superiority is a prerequisite,” says Royal United Services Institute air power research fellow Justin Bronk. At t...
The answer as to why the MoD decided to retire Tranche 1 aircraft earlier is simple. They are the oldest jets in the Typhoon fleet and keeping them until 2040 would not be economically wise. Some of the oldest ones, like the Typhoon T1 two-seaters, have been already retired. Bronk says: “The Tranche 1s are older and they’re much less reliable. They...
The older, less capable Typhoon models like the FGR4 remain useful for certain tasks such as aggressive training with the IX Squadron. But with a greater proportion of training moving to synthetic environments, fewer aircraft are needed to sustain the required trained pilot force and the benefit of older models is brought into question. Team Tempes...
A technology demonstration aircraft, the British Aerospace EAP, first flew on 6 August 1986; a Eurofighter prototype made its maiden flight on 27 March 1994. The aircraft's name, Typhoon, was adopted in September 1998 and the first production contracts were also signed that year.
Apr 10, 2024 · Eurofighter discussed future growth scenarios for its orders portfolio both from partner nations and export customers as part of a press release about the scale of the Eurofighter Typhoon...
Jul 6, 2024 · Shortly after the news of the cancellation of the 1.2 billion Euro KC-46 program, it appears that the Italian Air Force might finally acquire the long rumored new Eurofighter Typhoons.
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In March 2021, the UK announced plans to retire the RAF's fleet of Tranche 1 Eurofighters by 2025. Jon Lake explores the decision to prematurely withdraw roughly one quarter of the air arm's Typhoon force and the ramifications this will bring.
