Airbus Adapts A320 For Eurofighter AESA Radar Flight Testing

A320 ATRA

DLR's Airbus A320 Advanced Technology Research Aircraft.

Credit: Airbus
The German aerospace center DLR is gearing up for flight trials of an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for German and Spanish Eurofighter combat fleets using a modified Airbus A320 testbed. DLR has modified the A320 Advanced Technology Research Aircraft—reg. D-ATRA—with a Eurofighter...
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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