EF Typhoon News

[syncro]

no, the only Tornado used in Italy for the air defense were 24 Tornados ADV (leased from the RAF) before the arrival of the F-16s in 2003.

During the events sometimes, the AMXs are used as protection against the slow-motion flying, given their good performance at low altitude at low speed and long endurance (and low cost per flying hour), but not for air defence role.

[Herman the II]

Some news concerning the Luftwaffe:
As stated the Fighter wing 74 "Mölders" is currently in the US of A to participate in Red Flag Alaska. 8 Luftwaffe Typhoons and a Luftwaffe A310MRTT did the 8000km trip. First Atlantic crossing that the Luftwaffe did with purely German assets.

picture gallery: luftwaffe.de

The fighter-bomber Wing 31 "Boelcke" will be renamed into "tactical wing 31" (Taktisches Luftwaffengeschader 31 «Boelcke») to better represent the newly gained multi role capabilities with the Eurofighter over the Tornado IDS.
Its planed to have 18 Typhoons in the wing by the end of 2012.

http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokal...i-Flugplaetzen

[TOMMYJO]

RAF Typhoon in 1(F) Squadron markings.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...9286241&type=1


https://www.facebook.com/pages/Comba...40704179286241

[trikora88]

UPDATE 1-BAE Systems nears Oman-Eurofighter deal-sources

Tue Jul 3, 2012 9:23am EDT

By Rhys Jones

LONDON, July 3 (*******) - Britain's BAE Systems Plc , battling shrinking European and American defence budgets and eager to recoup lost orders, is close to selling 12 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Oman, according to sources close to the deal.

Analysts estimate the sale could be worth up to $2 billion to Europe's biggest defence contractor.

"BAE and Oman are close to an agreement for 12 Eurofighters," one source told ******* on Tuesday.

BAE is also in talks to supply 60 Eurofighters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) if the Gulf Arab state's deal with France's Dassault falls through, one of the sources said.

Full article: http://www.*******.com/article/2012/...8I38GX20120703

[Steak-Sauce]

Typhoon Partners Hope to Boost Jet Exports
New Radar, Missile, Upgrades In the Works

Jul. 8, 2012 - 09:54AM | By ANDREW CHUTER


LONDON — The four nations behind the Typhoon program have asked the Eurofighter consortium for firm proposals to develop an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to be ready for fielding on the combat jet by 2015.

The NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA), the group responsible for overseeing the program for the British, German, Italian and Spanish governments, issued a request for proposals (RfP) to Eurofighter last week.

Development of an AESA radar is deemed critical to Typhoon’s ability to compete against export rivals from the U.S., France and Sweden, all of whom either have the capability in service or are committed to gaining it. Officials are also looking at integrating a new air-to-air missile, among other improvements.

Article continued @ Defense News

[Pongoglo]

An interesting development, look at this photothread form Warton, BAE facility. Seems that IPA 5 was fitted with a new nosecone that presumably houses the new AESA radar.

http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/foru...0cd4b6abcf4ee6

Great shot of the two seater. Ive become increasingly a fan of Typhoon since I saw it do its first debut with a full air to ground load out and tanks at Farnborough 2010 - and since they started flying low over my house in North London as we prep for the Olympics - joy of joys - lol! Interested about the 2 seater, the T2? Excuse my ignorance and if this has been asked before, but does it have full avionics replication in the rear seat as well, ie can he/she do everything the front chap can? The two seater increasingly grows on me, thought it was ugly at first, a bit reptilian in look, but now think it looks kindof mean - but in an almost graceful sort of way. See it has full weapons fit as well, and am very interested to know if carrying the extra bod/weight involve any degradation in performance at all? Thanks in advance. M

[-Max2-]

FARNBOROUGH: Eurofighter confirms enhancement programme

By: CRAIG HOYLE

The Eurofighter (chalet A34- 35, OE12) programme received a major boost at the Farnborough air show on 9 July, with the confirmation that its four partner nations have reached an agreement to introduce a further batch of enhancements for the type.

These will see the Typhoon gain an active electronically scanned array radar, an advanced suite of defensive aids subsystem equipment and MBDA's Meteor beyond visual-range air-to-air missile. Also to be included is the "further development of the air-to-air and air-to-ground capabilities and integration of new weapons" to boost its multirole capabilities, with the latter to include Raytheon Systems' Paveway IV precision-guided bomb.

Eurofighter had scheduled a media briefing with chief executive Enzo Casolini for Tuesday, but news of the development with Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK was released by Prime Minister David Cameron's press office after he visited the company's pavilion on the opening day of the show.

Article continued @ Flight Global

[Herman the II]

Farnborough 2012: “Yesterday we had Raptor salad for lunch” Typhoon pilot said after dogfighting with the F-22 at Red Flag Alaska

As we have already reported, the Typhoons and the Raptor had the opportunity engage each other in dissimilar air combat training but only a part of the story about the outcome of the mock engagements has been reported so far: the one about the German commander saying that the F-22′s capabilities are “overwhelming,” a statement that, according to Eurofighter sources, was taken out of context.

Indeed, Typhoon pilots at Farnborough said that, when flying without their external fuel tanks, in the WVR (Within Visual Range) arena, the Eurofighter not only held its own, but proved to be better than the Raptor.

On one day a German pilot, recounting a succesfull mission ironically commented: “yesterday, we have had a Raptor salad for lunch.”

http://theaviationist.com/2012/07/13...yphoon-raptor/

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Latest Eurofighter world magazine:

http://www.eurofighter.com/fileadmin...rld0202012.pdf

[Herman the II]

German article about the integration of the new HEA into the Luftwaffe Typhoons:

Luftwaffe.de

[icefrog]

Malaysia gets option from Eurofighter

Malaysia can choose which part of the Eurofighter's Typhoon to be developed locally should the Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) win the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) MiG-29N replacement contract.

BAE Systems managing director, Southeast Asia John Brosnan said the Eurofighter consortium partners have agreed that as much as 90 per cent of the aircraft is available for participation by Malaysian companies.

"Most of the aircraft probably won't be made in Malaysia but it's for Malaysia to decide which bits of it they want to do here. Unlike other aircraft, we're not keeping things back and it's all available to Malaysia if it wants to have it," Brosnan told Bernama.

"One thing about defence deals, you have lots of competitors saying what they might and might not do," he added.

The UK-based company is the lead contractor on behalf of Eurofighter nations comprising the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain.

It was reported that BAE Systems had submitted a proposal to the Malaysian government to bid for the RMAF's MiG-29N replacement contract, comprising a 100-page list of technologies that the company was willing to transfer as well as names of local and overseas companies that were willing to participate in the
process.

Eurofighter Typhoon is competing alongside four other rivals - France's Dassault Aviation's Rafale; the US' Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet; the Swedish JAS-39 Gripen and the Russian Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E.

Read more: Malaysia gets option from Eurofighter http://www.btimes.com.my/articles/20...#ixzz20bCE78M1

[Martel]

RAF Typhoon over Paris for Bastille day : http://rafalenews.blogspot.fr/2012/0...hoon-over.html

@3:00

[Martel]

http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/t...e-day-14072012

Typhoons at Bastille Day

Two Typhoon aircraft from 29 (Reserve) Squadron, RAF, have today taken part in the annual Bastille Day celebrations in Paris. The aircraft, based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, formed part of a flypast over the capital, along with aircraft from the French Air Force, Le Armée de l’air.

Wing Commander Graham Pemberton, Officer Commanding 29 (R) Sqn said,

“It is a great honour for the RAF, and for this squadron, to have been invited by our French allies to take part in this event. My squadron has a long and proud association with France, dating back to when we first landed at St Omer in France in March 1916” he continued “As a pilot, you get many privileged opportunities, flying over a wonderful city such as Paris certainly ranks amongst them”

The participation by the RAF in the flypast reflects the strong and growing relationship between the armed forces of France and the UK. This relationship was further enhanced by the 2010 UK/French Defence Co-Operation Treaty but dates back many years. No 29 Squadron served in France during World War One, in 1917 the Squadron was equipped with French-made Nieuport 17 aircraft. During World War Two, many members of the Free French Air Force served as part of the Royal Air Force, including 13 Frenchmen who flew with the RAF during the Battle of Britain in 1940.

Images
Top: Aircraft taking place in the annual Bastille Day celebration.
Bottom: Aircrew of two Typhoon aircraft from 29 (Reserve) Squadron, RAF, Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Halpin, Flt Lt Graham, Wing Commander (Wg Cdr) Pemberton and Flt Lt Jones

(+ pictures posted by Perry)

[-Max2-]

F-22 Raptor kill markings shown off by German Eurofighter Typhoons. “The F-22 is not invincible” saga continues.

July 23, 2012

As the majority of the readers of The Aviationist already know, there are very different opinions as to the outcomes of the dogfights between the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors and the German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons during the recent Red Flag – Alaska.

Was the F-22 “overwhelming" or was it “salad” for the Eurofighter’s pilots lunch (that recounted several Raptor kills)?

Anyway, as the following photos taken by Dietmar Fenners at Neuburg on Jul. 18 seems to show, the German Air Force is particularly proud of the simulated shot down of several F-22s achieved during the mock engaments.

To such an extent two planes boast some F-22 Raptor kills.

Hence, at least in a (possibly unrealistic) WVR (Within Visual Range) air-to-air engagement with the Typhoon, the Raptor is not invincible.

However, as already explained several times, simulated kills scored during dissimilar BFM engagements don’t prove a fighter plane is better than another one, and are almost meaningless unless the actual Rules Of Engagement (ROE) and the training scenario are known.

http://cencio4.files.wordpress.com/2...g_18-07-12.jpg
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http://cencio4.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/closeup1.jpg

​http://theaviationist.com/2012/07/23...kill-markings/

[Herman the II]

Going by the kill markings it seems the exersice was quite sucsessfull for the Luftwaffe. Raptor kills or not...

[icefrog]

BTW, does anyone know what particular EFT block the Germans brought in Red flag?