Información del forista Scorpion que sabe mucho del Typhoon, en los foros Keypublishing:
La T3A tiene otros muchos cambios internos que no sabremos bien, parte de aquél programa CORP que os cité para ir eliminando gradualmente obsolescencia, además porque no sólo afecta a la T3, si no que también hay cosas retrofitadas a las T2 y T1.
Por ejemplo, cita que lo preparan para un ordenador GPMC, que le mejoran los generadores (eléctricos), el ECS (Environmental Control System, climatización de cabina), le cambian hardware al DASS para ofrecer mayor capacidad de crecimiento... Como dice, desconocemos la mayor parte del CORP, que además también cambia cosas a T2 y T1:
Block 20 aircraft [el primero de la T3A] will introduce a weapons interface bus compliant with the MIL-STD-1760E which is a fibre optic network. Block 20s also feature provisions for a new general purpose mission computer (GPMC) and the aforementioned HSDN (high speed data network, se refiere a eso de que la T3A tiene mayor capacidad de transferencia de datos de alta velocidad para aprovechar el incremento de datos del AESA, y es por fibra óptica).
There are also upgrades to the generators, ECS and DASS hardware to offer more growth for future developments. The CORP programme is also a largely unknown quantity, though it has been part of the Supplement 4 contract that most know as T3A. 2.5 bln € from the 9.1 bln € Supplement 4 contract are allocated to CORP which covers development of new LRIs and SRIs to eliminate obsolescences and provide more growth. CORP as such isn't T3 specific and elements of it are being step by step introduced on T1 and T2 aircraft.
Sobre el AESA, lo que más me ha interesado es el hecho de que ningún comprador lo ha solicitado (al menos de momento), ni Arabia ni Omán para sus T3:
As far as Captor-E is concerned Eurofighter has a clear roadmap how this radar should evolve hardware and software wise. Radar 1 is merely the initial hardware standard with the AESA and its repositioner, the new antenna power supply and controller, but retaining the processor and receiver of the current Captor-M with some modifications. Radar 1 is offered to export customers who require an "early" AESA capability and it will be used to assess the radar and its capabilities by the core nations. Radar 1 will evolve in two stages and radar 2 will implement new hardware and software capabilities. Radar 3 is likely to become a further upgraded variant. There are a number of software and hardware modules planned for continous insertion. That's the reason why the radar will come late for the core nations as they want to wait for a more mature and advanced product, instead of taking the AESA at its earliest opportunity. The radar will be introduced as a retrofit to existing aircraft. No current customer has ordered the Captor-E yet, that includes Oman.
Y gracias al forista Olybrius en el foro MilitaryPhotos, esto que he puesto en el tema de "cazas contemporáneos" de Combat Aircraft Monthly, Dec 2013, del artículo "Gulf air power 2013" de Jon Lake:
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/7943/auso.jpgDonde cita también que el interés de EAU parece centrado en el Typhoon.
¡Un saludo!