DefenceTalkThe new AESA radar for the Eurofighter Typhoon is entering the system integration phase. During a 4-national program review at Cassidian’s Ulm site the test and integration results of the “Captor-E” Antenna subsystem were successfully presented to the representatives of the 4 Eurofighter core nations UK, Italy, Spain and Germany. The test results achieved during […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eurofighter-typhoons-new-aesa-radar-starts-system-integration-49653/

DefenceTalkA major new development contract which will pave the way for continuous capability enhancements of the Eurofighter Typhoon has been signed by Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH and the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA). The package (known as Evolution Package 2) will be delivered by the end of 2015. The Contract signing was announced on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-development-contract-for-eurofighter-typhoon-49522/

DefenceTalkAll Eurofighters in service in Austria now have the latest capability standard for Tranche 1 aircraft. The Austrian Armed Forces’ Eurofighters have now been equipped with enhanced hardware and software capability as part of an upgrade programme. To optimize efficiencies, the work has been done in parallel with the aircrafts’ daily operations by employees of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cassidian-upgrades-austrian-eurofighters-49465/

DefenceTalkRAF Top Guns will team up with their French counterparts to spearhead a major military exercise which starts on Sunday. (6 October) The 11-day event will see aircraft from Britain, France, the United States, Canada and Germany being hosted at RAF stations for a UK wide tri-service training exercise for operations. And building on the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raf-and-french-air-force-spearhead-major-military-exercise-49294/

DefenceTalkAircraft, crews and supporting personnel from the Royal Saudi Air Force, (RSAF) have been operating alongside their allies from the Royal Air Force as Exercise Saudi-British Green Flag took place at RAF Coningsby. RSAF Typhoons from the 10th Sqn, based at King Fahad Air Base, Taif were flown into the Lincolnshire base alongside Tornados from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saudi-british-green-flag-exercise-49055/

DefenceTalkGermany: Eurofighter Typhoon has now achieved more than 200,000 flying hours since the entry-into-service of its worldwide fleet. Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH confirmed the milestone today adding that, with 719 aircraft on contract, 571 aircraft ordered and 378 aircraft delivered, the programme has “never looked stronger”. 378 aircraft in service / 7 customers/ 20 operating units […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eurofighter-typhoon-achieves-200000-flying-hours-48990/

DefenceTalkTwo of the Royal Air Force’s leading officers have hailed the performance of the Eurofighter Typhoon jet during its first decade of flying and since deliveries were made to the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) in 2003. With the addition of new technology developments over the last 10 years, the aircraft is now the world’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eurofighter-typhoon-marks-decade-in-raf-service-48816/

DefenceTalkEuropean aerospace consortium EADS has been eliminated from a bid to provide fighter jets worth $7.3 billion to South Korea due to a failure to meet some requirements, a report said Sunday. The Eurofighter was dropped from the bid also sought by US company Boeing after the South’s military found that the EADS proposal did […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eads-dropped-from-7-3-bn-s-korea-jet-fighter-bid-report-48804/

DefenceTalkBoeing’s F-15 Silent Eagle and European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS)’s Eurofighter Tranche 3 Typhoon came within the given budget of the F-X program, an industry source said, Friday. According to the source, Boeing and the EADS met the procurement price of 8.3 trillion won ($7.5 billion) on the final day of an extra […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-15-eurofighter-meet-south-korean-fighter-aircraft-budget-48762/

DefenceTalkWith the “final” bidding for Korea’s next-generation fighter program underway, the procurement price of 8.3 trillion won ($7.5 billion) is taking center stage, which puts Boeing’s F-15 Silent Eagle (SE) in the contender position. However, military watchers say that a price-focused selection of 60 F-15 SEs may doom the Korean Air force’s goal of boosting […]https://www.defencetalk.com/f-15se-may-lead-south-korean-fighter-jet-competition-48727/