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Eurofighter Typhoon hits new milestone
March 14, 2012
One of the world’s most advanced multi-role jet fighters hit a new milestone this Spring ‘flying’ further than any aircraft of its type has done before. And all of this was done without a wheel ever leaving the ground.
Typhoon has completed 11,000 hours in a special BAE Systems test-rig. The test-rig, tailor-made for the aircraft, is located in Brough in the North East of England. It can simulate the most demanding conditions Typhoon is ever likely to encounter.
Within the next few weeks the aircraft in the test-rig will have completed 12,000 hours of ‘flying’ which will mean Typhoons in service will gain clearance for 4,000 hours in the air. The aircraft’s production specification dictates a ratio of three to one for ground-based tested versus air-based flying.
The testing is expect to run for a full three years by which time the Typhoon that never turns a wheel will have ‘flown’ for 18,000 hours clearing the way for hundreds of Typhoon aircraft around the world to be certified for 6,000 hours of flying. (Source BEA Systems)
http://asn.aerosoft.com/?p=5101&utm_sou ... -milestone
BAE eyes Eurofighter Typhoon deal with Malaysia
2012/03/14
BAE Systems South East Asia managing director John Brosnan said the company had submitted its proposal to the Ministry of Defence, and discussed with local industrial partners on collaboration.
"We have the best aircraft and industrial package to go with it"
http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/B ... index_html
Eurofighter To Join South Korean Fighter Battle
Mar 14, 2012
The Eurofighter Typhoon consortium will be the only European aircraft maker to do battle against U.S. rivals in the South Korean F-X3 fighter competition.
The Eurofighter campaign will be led by EADS CASA in Spain. The team is hoping South Korea’s interest in finding an industrial partner for the future KF-X program may offset some of the historic U.S. advantage in that country.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/ ... /14/03.xml
Orel escribió:Ventajas del radar Captor-E AESA (en verde), respecto a los AESA sin base móvil (en rojo):
Fuente: Eurofighter
New Radar Technology Brings Advantages for Eurofighter Missions
(Source: Cassidian; issued March 22, 2012)
Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, has demonstrated, in a simulation study, the operational advantages of the Eurofighter’s future e-scan radar and has introduced the first pilots to the particular features of this technology.
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For several years, IABG has been operating a man-in-the-loop simulator (MILSIM) to simulate realistic mission scenarios for German Air Force aircraft, such as the Eurofighter. The objective of the study was to compare, under realistic conditions, the new electronic beam scanning radar technology with the radar currently in use, which is based on mechanical antenna control.
The results were intended to be used to demonstrate the technical and operational advantages of the e-scan radar with wide field of regard and to develop options for improvement of the future behaviour of the pilots during missions.
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is generated by more than 1,000 transmit/receive modules (TRM).
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articl ... radar.html
A total of 53 Tranche 1 aircraft were delivered, with Tranche 2 contract provisioning for 91 aircraft. 24 of these were diverted to fulfill the RSAF export campaign, leaving 67 Tranche 2 aircraft due for delivery to the RAF. The Tranche 3 contract has been signed and will deliver 40 aircraft. With the Tranche 1 aircraft fleet due to retire over the period 2015-18, this will leave 107 Typhoon aircraft in RAF service until 2030.
T1 jets will not get P1E, though they will gain most P1E features through drops 3, 4, and 5.
T2 jets and early T3 jets are virtually identical, and all can be upgraded with AESA and CFTs, having full structural provision for both. The early T2 aircraft would need some minor fuel system mods to get CFTs, and minor cooling system mods to get AESA. These are trivial.
Five year support contract signed
Friday, 30. March 2012
Eurofighter GmbH has today signed a major contract with NETMA to support the fleet of Typhoon jets across the four Eurofighter core nations: Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.
The five-year support contract is part of a new contract suite agreed with the nations which includes integrated mechanisms for continuing development work on the aircraft and will replace a number of legacy contracts whilst extending the terms for a longer period. The agreement demonstrates a commitment by all parties in achieving continued efficiencies on the programme; long-term support for the sustainability of aircraft covering all three production tranches and future enhancements and upgrades of the platform.
The new contract will focus on performance and affordability and will ensure a range of support services to the Typhoon users. The contract will also help to sustain European aerospace engineering, capability and jobs.
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Today, around 100,000 jobs are supported by the programme in the four core nations and the economic impact generated largely off-sets the investments made to develop and manufacture the aircraft.
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Today Eurofighter is the largest new generation fighter programme in the world with 559 aircraft under production contract, 321 aircraft delivered and in-service with 16 units in six air forces.
http://www.eurofighter.com/media/news0/ ... igned.html
Mar. 30, 2012 - 09:53AM |
By ANDREW CHUTER
LONDON — The four Eurofighter nations have awarded industry contracts worth about 2 billion euros ($2.7 billion) to support the Typhoon fighter over the next five years.
The deals will cover logistical and technical support, including mechanisms to continue development work for the combat jet operated by partner nations Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain, as well as export customers Austria and Saudi Arabia.
Britain’s BAE Systems and Italy’s Alenia Aermacchi both announced deals for their respective air forces.
BAE said it had signed a contract worth 535 million euros while Alenia said its deal was worth more than 500 million euros.
EADS Cassidian, which represents German and Spanish industrial interests in Eurofighter, has yet to declare the value of deals with their two national governments.
A spokesman for Eurofighter said the total value of the deal to industry was worth “in the region of 2 billion euros.”
Some of the activities covered by the contract are specifically for the air forces of the individual partner nations while other work will involve future development of Typhoon for all four air forces. Integration of new weapons, development of an active electronically scanned array radar and other upgrades are all earmarked for Typhoon.
Update plans for the fighter jet have been an issue in recent export contests, all of which the Typhoon has lost.
“The agreement demonstrates a commitment by all parties in achieving continued efficiencies on the program, long-term support for the sustainability of aircraft covering all three production tranches, and future enhancements and upgrades to the platform,” Eurofighter said in a statement.
In a statement, BAE said the contract will introduce efficiencies by bringing together a number of legacy contracts and proposed new work into an umbrella contract. The company said the move would help reach the target of cutting Typhoon support costs by 30 percent as well as sustain up to 600 engineering jobs in Britain.
A spokesman for BAE said that 134 million euros of the new umbrella contract was accounted for by the legacy deals.
By: Craig Hoyle Munich
Source: Flight International
Cassidian has not given up hope of a Eurofighter win in India's medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) contest, despite the consortium holding "L2" vendor status behind the Dassault Rafale, says company chief executive Stefan Zoller.
"India is a campaign that is still running," Zoller says, pointing to an investigation into the nation's selection process being conducted by the government in New Delhi.
Speaking during a financial briefing at the company's Unterschleissheim headquarters near Munich on 2 April, Zoller said: "We will see to what conclusion the Indian government will come."
A consequence of India having awarded L1 status to Dassault has been what Zoller describes as "more advanced discussions with our Eurofighter customers on how much faster we can integrate the additional capacity of the aircraft". This includes planned enhancements such as an active electronically scanned array radar, additional weapons and new reconnaissance and targeting systems.
"There is now far more willingness from the customers to converge and go ahead on those," he said.
The Eurofighter consortium had an exhibit at the 29 March-1 April Defexpo India show in New Delhi in support of its continued pursuit of the 126-aircraft MMRCA deal.
Zoller also disclosed the value of Cassidian's stake in a new five-year support contract signed by the four Eurofighter partner nations on 30 March.
Its €840 million ($1.1 billion) deal will cover the provision of in-service support to the air forces of Germany and Spain.
Alenia Aermacchi and BAE Systems last week valued their parts of the deal as worth a combined $1.38 billion.
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