Germany Updating Tornados To Last Until 2030

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BERLIN — Germany is in the final stages of flight testing an upgrade for its Tornado fighter-bombers that could help the aircraft remain in service beyond 2025. Test pilots from the German defense ministry’s flight-test unit WTD-61 are testing the Avionics System Software Tornado Ada (ASSTA) 3.1...
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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