Eurofighter Typhoon

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Germany needs to move forward with FCAS and finalize its pledge to buy 20 Eurofighters, the head of programs at MTU Aero Engines says.

The third iteration of actively electronically scanned array radars for the Eurofighter Typhoon has made its long-awaited first flight in the UK.

The factory in England is home to the only secure facility in the UK with capability to manufacture gallium arsenide (GaAs) semiconductors, the MOD says.

Germany is moving forward with the purchase of additional Amraam missiles and Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM).

Increasingly, defense plans in Europe are converting to contracts for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 and Eurofighter’s Typhoon, giving industry executives on both sides of the Atlantic reason to be optimistic.

The purchase forms part of the third phase of the country’s F-35 procurement program.

RAAF chief Air Marshall Stephen Chappell says he signed a letter of intent with Luftwaffe commander Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz.

Roberto Cingolani wants his company to play a greater role in the global aerostructures business and shape the development of new-generation combat aircraft.

BAE Systems will keep an eye on possible defense consolidation in Europe, company CEO Charles Woodburn says.

Despite the upcoming UK defense review, Global Combat Air Program industrial partners have been encouraged by ministerial interest in the project at Farnborough.

An Italian Air Force Eurofighter EFA 2000 Typhoon participating in Exercise Pitch Black crashed southwest of Darwin on July 24.

Eurofighter expects a contract before year's end from core customers for a three-year tech maturation program to prepare to modernize the twin-engine fighter.

Italy's acquisition of 24 new Eurofighters, referred to as F-2000s, enables the air force to replace its Tranche 1 Eurofighters.

After a challenging start, France, Germany and Spain’s Future Combat Air System is progressing toward demonstrator flights.

Despite obvious historic parallels with the TSR-2, industry partners are confident they can deliver a new-generation combat aircraft in the mid-2030s.

Italy has begun the process for a follow-up order of Eurofighters, which would make Italy the third of the four Eurofighter partners to place a top-up order,.

A wave of new orders and investments in capabilities is giving Eurofighter a “golden moment.”

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Airbus has unveiled concepts for an uncrewed wingman that could support German Air Force Eurofighters in the 2030s.

Airbus is to adapt a German Air Force Eurofighter combat aircraft into a testbed for manned-unmanned teaming technologies.

The Phase 4 Enhancements (P4E) package will be the largest and most complex upgrade for the Eurofighter yet.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has committed to purchasing another 20 Eurofighter combat aircraft to help support the country’s defense industry.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The UK RAF will need to seek weapons with ranges of up to 1,000 mi. if it is to keep ahead of “pacing threats,” a senior officer has suggested.