Italy’s air force allocated two Eurofighter Typhoons to quick reaction alert duties for the first time on 16 December. Assigned to the 4th Wing at Grosseto airbase, the single-seat fighters were placed on standby for an initial 24h, each armed with one Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM and one AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile.
Source: Flight International
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.
Madrid has signed a project Halcon II contract covering the production of a further batch of 25 Eurofighter combat aircraft.
The German air force’s three Airbus A350 VIP transports are to be protected by Elbit Systems-supplied directed infrared countermeasures equipment.
