DefenceTalkKuwait and Italy will finalize a multibillion-euro deal next week for the Gulf state to purchase Eurofighter jets, Kuwait’s defence minister has said. Sheikh Khaled Jarrah Al-Sabah did not specify the number of planes involved in the deal but the Eurofighter consortium said in September that Kuwait had agreed to buy 28 fighter jets. “Italian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kuwait-to-sign-eurofighter-jet-deal-with-italy-minister-66775/

DefenceTalkFurther trials of the Storm Shadow deep strike missile and Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air missile have been successfully completed as part of a program of improvements which will further enhance the powerful swing-role capability of the Eurofighter Typhoon combat jet. It has been confirmed that a new operational release of the Storm Shadow missile […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eurofighter-typhoon-continues-storm-shadow-and-meteor-missile-trials-66703/

DefenceTalkThe latest enhancements for the Eurofighter Typhoon combat jet have been successfully tested by UK Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots in flight trials conducted at BAE Systems’ Military Air & Information business in Warton, Lancashire. An early version of the Phase 2 Enhancement (P2Ea) Typhoon was flown by pilots from the RAF’s Test and Evaluation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raf-pilots-test-threat-awareness-and-pilot-safety-enhancements-eurofighter-jets-66543/

DefenceTalkLANGLEY AFB: U.S. service members will partner with members of the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force (RAF) and the French Air Force (FrAF) for the inaugural Trilateral anti-access/area denial exercise scheduled for Dec. 2-18, 2015, at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The exercise, hosted by the 1st Fighter Wing (FW), will focus on operations in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rafales-f-22-raptors-eurofighters-launch-trilateral-exercise-jble-65974/

DefenceTalkA Typhoon Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) has successfully completed a release of the MBDA Storm Shadow, conventionally armed, stealthy, long-range stand-off precision missile, Eurofighter GmbH has announced. This continues the series of trials that Eurofighter Partner Company, Alenia Aermacchi, is leading to demonstrate the full integration of the Storm Shadow missile with Typhoon’s weapon system. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/first-storm-shadow-missile-successfully-released-from-eurofighter-65807/

DefenceTalkBerlin: Germany’s army on Wednesday confirmed yet another problem with Eurofighter combat planes, a day after it said it was suspending deliveries of the aircraft over a technical flaw. An army spokesman said the external fuel tank of one of the jets fell off as it was preparing for takeoff last week. “The aircraft was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-army-reveals-new-fault-eurofighter-65645/

DefenceTalkBerlin: Germany’s defence ministry has identified a new technical problem with Eurofighter combat aircraft and frozen deliveries until further notice, a spokesman said Tuesday. The problem was similar to a defect identified last year and also related to the deburring of holes drilled into the fuselage, but at “another location,” he told AFP. The manufacturer […]https://www.defencetalk.com/german-military-halts-eurofighter-deliveries-over-flaw-65630/

DefenceTalkThe Ministry of Defence has awarded a £300m contract to sustain a key air-to-air missile used by RAF Typhoon jets, supporting over 400 jobs across the UK. MBDA (UK) Ltd will design and build the new variant of their Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) missile, incorporating updated sub-systems into the current ASRAAM design. This […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uk-mod-to-upgrade-air-to-air-missile-65409/

DefenceTalkBAE Systems has successfully completed guided firing trials of the Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air missile launched from a Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft. The trials took place at the Ministry of Defence’s Hebrides range in the United Kingdom and saw Typhoon conduct guided Meteor firings against real air targets in pre-planned scenarios. The trials formed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eurofighter-typhoon-completes-meteor-guided-firing-trials-65395/

DefenceTalkBerlin: Kuwait has agreed to buy 28 Typhoon warplanes, becoming the third country in the Gulf region to order the combat aircraft, the Eurofighter consortium said Friday. Its statement did not give financial details about the deal, which was struck between the governments of Kuwait and Italy. Eurofighter is a partnership between Italy’s Finmeccanica, Britain’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/eurofighter-says-kuwait-purchasing-28-fighter-jets-65377/