Eurofighter Typhoon

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has completed the first flight of an Airbus A320 modified with a Eurofighter nose to support active, electronically scanned array (AESA) radar testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
A UK workers' union is urging the government to acquire more Eurofighter Typhoons to ensure industrial skills around aircraft assembly are maintained.
Supply Chain

By Tony Osborne
The GCAP member countries have made rapid progress to prepare for development, but UK lawmakers say challenges remain in keeping the project on track.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Members of the UK Parliamentary Defense Select Committee say the project will need to avoid the mistakes made by previous programs such as the Eurofighter.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick, Robert Wall
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Less than a decade ago, Eurofighter partner companies were concerned about the platform’s future. Now production lines are running hot.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Jorge Tamarit Degenhardt succeeds Giancarlo Mezzanatto after his three-year rotational stint from Leonardo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The new Italian aircraft are due to replace the country’s Tranche 1 version, the aging baseline configuration of Eurofighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Spain is acquiring another 25 Eurofighters through Madrid’s Halcon II program, adding to 20 aircraft ordered in June 2022 through the original Halcon I buy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Syria returns to the headlines after a bloody year of conflict between Israel and Iranian proxies.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK have signed a contract for part of the LTE Technology Maturation Phase.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK is ratcheting up efforts to sell Eurofighters to Turkey with a visit of two Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft to Ankara.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
In total, legislators approved 38 projects with a combined value of about €21 billion ($26.7 billion).
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
DLR is gearing up for flight trials of an AESA radar for German and Spanish Eurofighter combat fleets using a modified Airbus A320 testbed.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
The lead system integrators in the trinational Global Combat Air Program have agreed to form a joint venture that will go on to produce the future fighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK have joined to further develop, integrate and procure BAE Systems’ Striker II helmet-mounted display for the Eurofighter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The test firing of the MBDA Meteor took place in Lossiemouth, Scotland, to take advantage of the available airspace over the Atlantic, the Luftwaffe said.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne, Craig Caffrey
Aviation Week's defense team discusses the latest developments with Europe's combat air projects as governments there ramp up military spending.
Check 6

By Tony Osborne
The companies developing the Praetorian self-defense suite for the Eurofighter Typhoon have begun development work for a new-generation system for the aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
BAE Systems has said its work on Future Combat Air Systems could contribute £37 billion to the UK economy by 2070.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
MBDA has completed the first guided firing of the Spear 3 mini cruise missile, which is destined for use on the UK’s Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
The German parliament has given the green light to joining a trilateral effort with Italy and the U.K. to work on a new helmet for Eurofighter Typhoon pilots.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brandon Patrick
Aviation Week Intelligence Network's 2025 Military Aircraft Market Forecast indicates that the Asia-Pacific region will lead the world in open requirements and opportunity over the coming decade.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
The memorandum of understanding will examine opportunities for joint capabilities and technologies.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The new contract will replace the current Typhoon Total Availability eNterprise (TyTAN) arrangement in 2026.
Aircraft & Propulsion