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The origins of the EAP can be found within the Agile Combat Aircraft (ACA) programme performed by British Aerospace (BAe) during the late 1970s and early 1980s. [2] [3] It is known that ACA had involved the combining of several years of private venture research conducted by BAe, costed at around £25 million, together with similar contemporary studies that had been performed by West German ...
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. [3] [4] The Typhoon was designed originally as an air-superiority fighter [5] and is manufactured by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo that conducts the majority of the project through a joint holding company, Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH.
12 July - the first Eurofighter for Austria is delivered to the Austrian Air Force. [7] 2008 16 January - the first Tranche 2 Eurofighter Typhoon makes its first flight. [8] 22 October - first flight of Typhoon in Royal Saudi Air Force livery. [9] 2009 12 June - first Saudi Typhoons delivered. [10] 25 November - 200th Typhoon delivered. [11]
The Typhoon T1 is a Tranche 1, batch 1 two-seat trainer. The first Typhoon T1 is one of the Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA1) and remains part of the BAE fleet. The aircraft's maiden flight was on 15 April 2002. The official in service date for the first RAF Typhoon T1, serial ZJ803, was 30 June 2003. [25] [unreliable source?
Eurofighter EF2000 with both EJ200s in full reheat DECU/DECMU of a Eurojet EJ200D engine The Eurojet EJ200 is a military low-bypass turbofan used as the powerplant of the Eurofighter Typhoon . The engine is largely based on the Rolls-Royce XG-40 technology demonstrator, which was developed in the 1980s.
No. 1435 Flight again re-equipped with the Eurofighter Typhoon in September 2009, when four Typhoons arrived from RAF Coningsby. The Typhoon FGR4 variant was initially deployed, [ 16 ] though as of 2024 the Typhoons in the islands are said to be Tranche 1 variants in an exclusive air defence role.
The Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale are classified as multirole fighters; however the Typhoon is frequently considered an air superiority fighter due to its higher dogfighting prowess while its built-in strike capability has a lighter bomb load compared to contemporaries like the Rafale, which sacrifices air-to-air ability for a heavier ...
The EuroFirst Passive Infrared Airborne Track Equipment (PIRATE) is the forward looking infrared (FLIR)/infra-red search and track (IRST) for the Eurofighter Typhoon. [1] It is produced by the EuroFIRST consortium consisting of Leonardo S.p.A. of Italy (lead contractor and design and technical authority), Thales Land & Joint Systems of the UK, and Tecnobit of Spain.