Eurofighter Typhoon

Germany OKs Funding To Arm Heron TP, Upgrade Eurofighter Radar

German legislators have approved funding to arm the country’s Israel Aerospace Industries Heron TP medium-altitude, long-endurance drones.

The Eurofighter consortium believes there are sales prospects for more than 250 Typhoons, as the aircraft competes in a growing number of international campaigns.

Airbus is preparing to flight test a tablet-based interface that could allow Eurofighter pilots to control Collaborative Combat Aircraft without modifying their fighters’ avionics.

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Turkey’s defense ministry says it is close to finalizing the purchase of Qatari Eurofighter Typhoon jets to help bolster its fleet of new-build aircraft.

The UK will deploy Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia to counter surging Houthi attacks from Yemen.

As fighter manufacturers circle a potential €5 billion contest, Portugal wants its largest defense deal to deliver an industrial legacy.

Turkish Air Force pilots will start Eurofighter Typhoon training in the UK next week, though first deliveries of the aircraft will not arrive until the decade's end.

China’s J-10CE gains export momentum as Uzbekistan confirms deliveries and Bangladesh considers buying up to 24 fighters.

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The UK’s June 2026 Defense Investment Plan (DIP) switched the country’s defense modernization into 6th gear, with £298 billion ($402 billion) in funding to be made available through 2029.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Edgewing begins establishing UK, Italian and Japanese production sites while advancing GCAP fighter and engine development toward production.

A refreshed Combat Air Strategy would accelerate collaborative combat aircraft, modernize the fighter fleet and reshape how the RAF intends to fight.

The U.S. government has given the go-ahead for Saudi Arabia to buy a large number of BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems (APKWS).

Airbus has completed the first flight of a Tranche 4 Eurofighter.

Aviation Week Defense Market Analyzer data shows that spending by militaries around the world is set to spike in 2027.

BAE Systems is conceptualizing how to control and direct CCAs in battle using the wide-area display planned for the Eurofighter Typhoon.

The long-delayed UK Defense Investment Plan resolves uncertainty over some but not all weapons programs.

BAE Systems says it is seeing global interest from Eurofighter Typhoon operators in the integration of guided rockets for the anti-drone role.

With Germany taking the lion’s share of new-production Eurofighters, Airbus Defense and Space’s final assembly line in Manching has not been this busy since the mid-2010s.

Airbus prepares Valkyrie drone flight tests with Learjet surrogates to demonstrate collaborative combat aircraft capabilities for European air forces.

Indra is starting to build air surveillance radars on the expectation of orders to address military demand for faster delivery cycles, its CEO says.

BAE Systems has demonstrated the ability to fire guided rockets from the Eurofighter to provide lower-cost means for the fighter to down one-way attack drones.