Tag Archives: Eurofighter

The Eurofighter programme for Kuwait is progressing as expected with successful deliveries. Acceptance activities were completed by a combined effort involving Kuwaiti and Italian personnel from the Joint International Program Office. The fifth and sixth Eurofighter Typhoons for the Kuwait Air Force touched down yesterday in country as part of …

From 15 to 17 July an Eurofighter ready to be delivered to the Kuwait Air Force is on display at The Royal International Air Tattoo 2022 Guido Sibona, Vice President of Leonardo’s Eurofighter Programme Guido Sibona, Vice President of Leonardo’s Eurofighter Programme, said: “I’m very proud to see Kuwaiti Air …

The NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) has signed a landmark contract for the acquisition of 20 latest generation Eurofighter jets. Known as the Halcon programme, the order will cover the delivery of a fleet of E-Scan (Electronically Scanned) radar equipped fighter aircraft consisting of 16 single-seaters and 4 …

Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT has been awarded a contract worth a mid-three-digit million euro amount for the next phase of Eurofighter maintenance. The contract covers service tasks for HENSOLDT’s share of various Eurofighter systems in the areas of radar, self-protection and avionics. HENSOLDT’s service contributes to the desired increase in …

Indra, a leading global technology and consulting company, will equip the Halcón Program’s 20 new Eurofighters, set to replace the F18s at the Gando air base in the Canary Islands, with the ESCAN electronic scanning radar and the DASS (Electronic Defence System), some of the most advanced avionics and sensor …

Eurofighter GmbH and the NATO Eurofighter 2000 and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) have signed a new agreement to continue the existing C#3 Material Availability Service Contract for a further 65 months. The deal represents a second service phase and runs from August 1st 2021 to December 31st 2026. The agreement, …

 Airbus has been awarded a contract for the development, supply and integration of 115 Eurofighter ESCAN Radars for the German and Spanish Eurofighter fleet. It marks the so far largest order for the world’s most modern electronica lly scanned array radar, Captor-E. The contract signature followed the approval by both …

Airbus, acting as the main contractor within the industrial Pilot Synthetic Training System (PSTS) consortium, has been awarded two contracts to extend the Eurofighter PSTS at the Main Operating Base (MOB) in Laage and introduce state-of-the-art simulator cockpits at all Eurofighter MOBs in Germany. The first contract includes the upgrade of existing …

A UK Eurofighter Typhoon has successfully completed an initial series of flight trials with the Air-to-Surface MBDA Brimstone precision strike missile ahead of firing trials as part of a programme of work to integrate the weapon on to the aircraft. The tests were conducted using UK Typhoon Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) 6 …

The Brimstone air-to-surface missile developed by MBDA has successfully undertaken challenging operational evaluation trials by the Royal Air Force (RAF) that confirm the performance of the missile’s latest technical enhancements. This was achieved during February 2016 at China Lake in the USA as the culmination of a programme to advance …