Wed, Aug 09, 2006
Time flies -- and so does the Eurofighter Typhoon... The
Eurofighter Typhoon fleet in the four partner air forces of
Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom has surpassed the
10,000 flying hours in July 2006. Together with 4.550 flying hours
of the test aircraft, the Eurofighter Typhoon fleet is approaching
the 15,000 flying hours mark rapidly.
Aloysius Rauen, CEO Eurofighter GmbH notes that, “The four
national Eurofighter consortium has delivered over 90 aircraft to
date. Seven units are flying the aircraft and Eurofighter Typhoon
is set to take on more operational tasks in the near future. Italy
protects its air space with armed Eurofighters since end 2005. Only
recently the German Air Force started operations with their second
Eurofighter wing, the Royal Air Force operates Eurofighter Typhoon
in major aerial exercises and the Spanish Air Force is set to
inaugurate their first operational Eurofighter Typhoon unit
soon.
In the meantime discussions with our customer on further
enhancing the multi-role capabilities of Eurofighter Typhoon
– as originally planned with the Tranche 2 contract by
introducing new air-to-air and stand-off weapons – are
progressing. This enhancement is urgently required by all partner
air forces. The recent contract signature for the integration of a
Laser Designator Pod to the Royal Air Force’s Tranche 1
aircraft is a significant step on this route.”
Throughout this summer the flight test programme focuses on
finalisation of the main development work for initial air-to-ground
tasks including further tests with Laser Guided Bombs (Paveway II,
GBU-10, GBU-16).
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