The Eurofighter Typhoon.

** Eurofighter Typhoon

** Eurofighter Typhoon

** Eurofighter Typhoon

** Eurofighter Typhoon

The AMRAAM is also usable by a wide variety of fighter planes, including the F-4, F-15, F-16, F-18, F-22, Panavia Tornado, Eurofighter Typhoon, F-35 Lightning II, Swedish-made fighters, and ground-based launchers of the U. S. Army.

Eurofighter Typhoon

It is further being used in the flight control systems of the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft.

The Eurofighter Typhoon currently in service with the UK RAF employs a speaker-dependent system, i. e. it requires each pilot to create a template.

* Typhoon T1, a version of the Eurofighter called the " Typhoon "

Pure delta-wings fell out of favour somewhat due to poor gust response characteristics at low altitudes ( they get bounced around a lot and so must fly slower and higher ) and advances in high lift devices, however many of the advantages have been retained by use of leading edge root extensions, which act in the same manner and many modern fighter aircraft, such as the JAS 39 Gripen and the Eurofighter Typhoon use a delta wing, often in conjunction with a canard.

With Alenia Aeronautica, CASA and DASA, BAe formed Eurofighter GmbH in 1986 for the development of the Eurofighter Typhoon.

* Eurofighter Typhoon

* ECR-90, radar for the Eurofighter Typhoon.

The Drakens were retired in 2005 and 12 F-5E Tiger II were leased from Switzerland to avoid a gap in the Austrian air defense capabilities until the first Austrian Eurofighter Typhoon units became operational in 2007.

Leopard 2 main battle tanks, Ulan and Pandur infantry fighting vehicles, C-130 Hercules transport planes, S-70 Black Hawk utility helicopters, and Eurofighter Typhoon multi-purpose combat aircraft have been purchased, along with new helicopters to replace the inadequate ones used after the 1999 Galtür Avalanche.

* Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role fighters-15

Image: Eurofighter Typhoon AUT. jpg | Eurofighter Typhoon

The Eurofighter Typhoon is assembled in Spain by EADS-CASA for the Spanish Air Force

In July 2001 EADS-CASA Military Aircraft marked the beginning of the Eurofighter Typhoon Final Assembly Phase at Getafe.

Alenia Aermacchi has a share of more than 4 % in the Eurofighter program, for the design and development of wing pylons, twin missile and twin store carriers, ECM pods, carbon fiber structures and titanium engine cowlings.

Besides one squadron of 15 Eurofighter Typhoons, the air force has a squadron with 28 Saab 105 trainers, which double as reconnaissance and close air support planes.

BAE Systems is involved in several major defence projects, including the F-35 Lightning II, the Eurofighter Typhoon, the and the s. The company has been the subject of criticism, in terms of general opposition to the arms trade and particularly specific allegations of unethical and corrupt practices.

The British House of Commons Defence Select Committee summarised the reasons behind the decision in its Tenth Report: " The Meteor missile has some clear advantages over its Raytheon competitor — it appears to offer the more militarily effective solution ; it should help rationalise and consolidate the European missile industry, and provide future competitions with a counterweight to U. S. dominance in this field ; and it entails a lower risk of constraints on Eurofighter exports.

The Eurofighter Typhoon was originally scheduled to join the Meteor trials effort in 2006 but no integration contract or funding has yet been agreed.

On the military side, Rolls-Royce, in co-operation with other European manufacturers, has been a major contractor for the RB199 which in several variants powers the Panavia Tornado, and also for the EJ200 engine for the Eurofighter Typhoon.

, the navalised Eurofighter remains only a proposal but there has been some interest expressed by other nations, such as India, in adapting Eurofighter for aircraft carrier operations.

However, to use the Eurofighter Typhoon as an example, an aircraft with CFTs can carry a full weapons load and two 1, 500 litre CFTs, whereas a Typhoon without CFTs has to sacrifice at least two weapons pylons to carry drop tanks, reducing either range or weapons load.

The Raptor jet may be loosely based on the Eurofighter Typhoon, as it has a similar twin-engine and canard-delta wing configuration, with the cockpit of the F-16 Falcon, and the twin tail of the F-18 Hornet.

While the Eurofighter project has followed the example of the Tornado programme in many ways, the TTTE model was not adopted.

The proposed variant design would enable the Eurofighter to operate from carriers on a Short Take-Off but Arrested Recovery ( STOBAR ) basis, using a ' ski jump ' ramp for aircraft launch and arresting gear for conventional landing.

When the Eurofighter Typhoon was proposed for the British Royal Navy's Future Carrier Borne Aircraft, it was envisaged that they would operate in a STOBAR configuration.

Eurofighter claims that the Block 8 aircraft, scheduled for delivery from 2007, will be fully compatible with Meteor but the CAPTOR radar will not be integrated with Meteor's datalink, requiring an additional processor card.

The Euroradar CAPTOR ( formerly ECR-90 ) is a next generation mechanical multi-mode pulse doppler radar designed for the Eurofighter Typhoon.

The selection of the radar had become a major stumbling block in the EFA project ( as the Eurofighter Typhoon was known as the time ).

Each of the seven Eurofighter Development Aircraft ( DA ) have specific responsibilities in the test programme, Germany's DA5 and the UK's DA4 were involved in radar trials.

A BAC 1-11 jet was also used for radar trials, the nose of the aircraft fitted with a Eurofighter radome.

The CAPTOR radar, entering service now with the Eurofighter partner nations, will see action for at least two decades.

In May 2007, Eurofighter Development Aircraft 5 made the first flight with the a prototype of the CAPTOR-E Active Electronically Scanned Array radar known as CAESAR ( from CAPTOR Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar ).

The CAPTOR-E is based on the CAPTOR radar currently in service on Eurofighter production aircraft.

The new generation of radar is intended to replace the mechanically steered antennas and high-power transmitters used on current Eurofighter aircraft with an electronically steered array This enables new mission capabilities for combat aircraft such as simultaneous radar functionalities, air surveillance, air-to-ground and weapon control.

* Euroradar CAPTOR, the radar system of the Eurofighter Typhoon

Replacing a mechanically scanned array with a fixed AESA mount ( such as on the F / A-18E / F Super Hornet ) can help reduce an aircraft's overall radar cross-section ( RCS ), but some designs ( such as the Eurofighter Typhoon ) forgo this advantage in order to combine mechanical scanning with electronic scanning and provide a wider angle of total coverage.