Eurofighter and sister company Eurojet have joined forces at an exhibition for the first time to showcase the Typhoon fighter and its EJ200 engines, being marketed to several potential export customers including India. A new joint pavilion is being introduced at ILA and will be retained for the 2010 air show circuit. The exhibit features the Eurofighter cockpit demonstrator and a full-scale replica of the Typhoon equipped with current and future weapon systems.
Source: Flight Daily News
Italy has followed fellow Eurofighter partner nation Spain and placed a long-trailed follow-on order for up to 24 examples of the multirole jet. Disclosed on 23 December, the order, placed via the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency, will see the new fighters replace the Italian air force’s current Tranche ...
Two US naval aviators safely ejected from their Boeing F/A-18F over the Red Sea after the jet was mistakenly targeted by one of the guided missile ships escorting the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman.
Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration has awarded Saab a SKr466 million ($42 million) contract to support further development of the nation’s Gripen C/D fighter fleet.
