Compressed Engineering Effort Got Typhoon, APKWS To Front Line

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Credit: BAE Systems
FARNBOROUGH, England—BAE Systems compressed 18 months of work to develop a low-cost anti-drone capability for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon into just 42 days, the company has revealed. A normally lengthy weapon integration process on the fighter was bypassed to enable the Advanced...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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