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Request for Proposal for the development ofthe E-Scan radar. Under a specificCollaboration Agreement for this developmentand integration programme, significant invest-ments have been made to date and critical de-sign reviews are underway to support the firstsystem to be tested in 2013. In a great effort,we managed to deliver our proposal to NETMAin November 2012.

Phase 1 of our ongoing EnhancementProgramme (P1E) is another impressiveachievement. We delivered the initial capabili-ty P1E (a) to our customers at the end of 2012and we are committed to deliver the full capa-bility P1E (b) at the end of 2013. In between,Eurofighter Typhoon, configured with the latestPhase 1 Enhancement software package, hassuccessfully demonstrated its precision poten-cy in the air-to-surface environment through aseries of Direct Hits with Precision GuidedMunitions using the Litening III LaserDesignator Pod. The first version of the newsoftware package is under installation on thefleet of Eurofighter Typhoon’s five Air Forces(Germany, Italy, Spain, UK and Saudi Arabia)and in the process of transforming theTyphoon into a potent multi-role combat air-craft. Future enhancement programmes willintegrate even more weapon systems and ca-pabilities to the aircraft such as StormShadow, Brimstone and the Meteor missile.

In order to make 2013 another successful yearfor Eurofighter Typhoon, we all need to workvery hard and deliver our personal contribu-tions. I count on your personal commitmentand strong support.

Enjoy the issue.

Enzo CasoliniCEO Eurofighter

Dear Friends andColleagues ofEurofighter Typhoon,

2012 has been a suc-cessful year for ourEurofighter Typhoonprogramme. Since en-

try into service, we delivered more than 355aircraft to our customers and the Sultanate ofOman ordered 12 aircraft thus becoming the7th Air Force member. We all can be veryproud of this and it is a pleasure of the wholeEurofighter community to send our gratitudeand sincere greetings to the Government andAir Force of Oman which is a fascinating coun-try in the Middle East.

2013 will begin with an intensive Air Show sea-son: Aero India 2013 in Bangalore, IDEX 2013in Abu Dhabi and LIMA 2013 inLangkawi/Malaysia. These international aero-space and defence events provide an excellent platform for us to further pro-mote the Eurofighter Typhoon and its excellentmulti-role/swing role capabilities to new po-tential customers within these regions.

Just a brief review of two major Air Shows lastyear which are still fresh in our minds. We ex-perienced strong political support inFarnborough when UK Prime Minister DavidCameron came to see the Eurofighter pavilionon the opening day. He met with Eurofightersenior management as well as current and fu-ture export customers. German ChancellorAngela Merkel opened the Berlin Air Show (ILA2012) and took some time to walk around ouraircraft which was on display in theBundeswehr Exhibition Hall.

2013 will be another year of great challengesfor all of us. For instance, the E-Scan radarwhich is advancing well due to the outstandingcommitments of all parties involved. You all re-member that in July 2012, NETMA, on behalf ofthe four core partner nations, issued a

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in developments there. We were delighted to bewell received in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)and Malaysia where our senior people and government representatives met with top customer delegations from both countries forwhat proved to be very encouraging talks. Whilewe can’t comment on the likely outcome ofthose talks, we can say that there is widespreadrecognition of the value of having access toshared capability within the Gulf CoalitionCountries – the GCC.We will also address a couple of major mile-stones for the Eurofighter programme – for instance, the 10th anniversary of the IWSSCService Centre and the delivery of the 100thEurofighter Typhoon to the Luftwaffe.Finally, let us turn to the one thing that, aboveall else, makes the Eurofighter Programme whatit is – our employees. One of those wasBernhard Zellner, who tragically died suddenlyand unexpectedly in April this year at the age ofjust 49. It is a reminder to us all of how fragilelife can be – and how we must treasure eachday we are given. Our thoughts and prayersare with Bernhard’s family and all those whoknew him.Enjoy this issue of Eurofighter WORLD andthank you for taking an interest in us.

We appreciate it.

Welcome to Eurofighter WORLD!

Our hope is, in this magazine, you will find muchto interest you. The idea behind this publicationis to give you a glimpse of what’s going on in theworld of Eurofighter, what the major develop-ments are – and, importantly, where we areheading for in the future. These are excitingtimes for us – there is a real feeling that someof the key deliverables that underpin the matu-ration of the Eurofighter Typhoon are now beingrealised – and the excitement within the programme is palpable.Of course, it’s one thing us saying that but it’sanother when some of the most respected mili-tary aviation journalists in the world are echoingthose thoughts – and that’s why you will findtwo major guest-spot features by leading avia-tion journalists – one offering a view on recentexercise deployments, including Red Flag inNevada, and the other giving a broader overviewof our programme and how he sees it evolving.Please give them both a good read – and ourthanks to both Jamie Hunter and TimRobinson for agreeing to let us carry theirstories in this issue.Eurofighter is continuing to make its presencefelt on the world’s aviation stage and 2013 lookslike building on the success we saw in 2012 - inparticular the confirmation of an order for 12aircraft from the Sultanate of Oman inDecember. As you can read in this issue, we were pleasedto be able to showcase our capabilities at AeroIndia 2013 where we remain an interested party

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CONTENTS

Editorial

Management News

In Memoriam Bernhard Zellner

Air Show Le Bourget 2013, Aero India, Malaysian Magic

Eurofighter News

UK Typhoon tested on Red Flag

6th Squadron take Paveway to Typhoon Multi-Role Success

Luftwaffe Accepts 100th Eurofighter

Tenth Anniversary for IWSSC

Eurojet delivers 1000th EJ200

Interview: Lieutenant Colonel Stephan Mohler, German Air Force

Arctic Fighter: A different kind of Cold War ...

AESA Radar: Typhoon has it – by a Nose

Partnership through Industry – The Eurofighter Way...

ASTA: If you thought the Matrix was good – You should take a look at ASTA

Typhoon: The best is yet to come

The Intelligent Option for Future-Proofed Airpower

Programme Status: Facts & Figures

Be a part of the Eurofighter Social Media Mix

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Alberto GutierrezCEO Eurofighter

Enzo CasoliniFormer CEO Eurofighter GmbH

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ALBERTO GUTIERREZ

EFW: Alberto, what was your reaction whenyou heard that you had been nominated asthe new CEO of Eurofighter?Alberto: I was genuinely thrilled. It is a fantas-tic time to be coming into this multinationalprogramme. As someone who has watchedthe progress of Eurofighter for many years, Ican see how this programme is maturing moreand more. Our existing customers recognisethat and our potential customers can also seethe promises we offer based on solid achieve-ments. That’s a great place to be trading from.Enzo is handing me over the keys at a very im-portant moment in the evolution of the Pro-gramme. I am fully aware of that and I knowthat some of the key capabilities we will be of-fering will mean so much to our customers. Inmy opinion, Eurofighter will be unmatched interms of an all-round package for many yearsto come.EFW: What will be your priorities and tar-gets during 2013?Alberto: Right now, if you look at the key

development milestones of the Programme,there are a number of major enhancementsthat are coming on stream – both onto the newTranche 3 aircraft, but also onto earlierTranches already on active deployment. Mymain focus will be to work with our EurofighterPartner Companies (EPCs) and NETMA to en-sure these new capabilities both match andexceed expectations and are delivered cost-ef-fectively in a timely fashion to our customers.Eurofighter right now is an enormously capa-ble aircraft and will move forward. I have nodoubt at all that it is going to be even more ofa force to be reckoned with. One of my top priorities will be to ensure that we deliver onthat promise. Other priorities will be on competitiveness, campaigns and capabilitieswith the clear aim to make Eurofighter

Typhoon even more successful in the worldmarket.EFW: Can you tell us a little bit about yourcareer experiences before you took up thisposition?Alberto: I guess you can say that aerospace

is in my blood. I began my professional careerin 1985 at the CASA plant in Getafe. I thenheld a number of positions as a programmesand productions manager before becomingEurofighter Production Director from 2000 to2004. While in that position I had responsibili-ty for the supply chain of the Eurofighter rightwing, the final assembly in Getafe and the de-livery of combat aircraft to the Spanish AirForce. This was a great experience! I later be-came Head of Military Production atManching, Augsburg, Lemwerder and Getafeand in 2007 I became Head of the GlobalSupply Chain and Industrial Operations at theMilitary Transport Aircraft division of Airbus.More recently I was Head of Operations atAirbus Military in Madrid where my responsi-bilities covered the production of the A400Mmilitary transport aircraft, the A330 tanker,the C295 and CN235 and P3 antisubmarineaircraft. It has been quite a journey and ithelps me to face the challenges of my new job!EFW: How would you evaluate the overallperformance of the Eurofighter Typhoonsince its entry into service?Alberto: Anyone who looks at the reliability

record of the Eurofighter Typhoon will see astory that has just got better and better. Whatmakes it stand out is the agility and perfor-mance of the aircraft and the flexibility of itssystems and hardpoints for stores. Again andagain during exercises and in deployment,Eurofighter Typhoon has proven itself morethan up to the job. What excites me is thegrowth potential the aircraft still has. It hasnow reached a level of maturity that gives it re-al potency and we are going to see much moreevidence of this in the coming few years.EFW: Where do you see the biggest chal-lenges for Eurofighter Typhoon in the next10 years?Alberto: It would be foolish of me to say I

know already all the challenges. However, Ibelieve that it will be important to build flexibil-ity into the Programme to cater for changingcustomer requirements. The world remains avolatile place with new threats and challengesemerging across the globe in an often erraticpattern. Having a platform that can adapt andgear up to these threats gives us a real com-petitive advantage. Whatever else happens, Iam sure the next 10 years will throw up somesurprises!

ARRIVEDERCI ENZO ....

BIENVENIDO ALBERTO ! CHANGES IN EUROFIGHTER’S TOPMANAGEMENT

This summer, after having said farewell to its outgoing CEO, Enzo Casolini, Eurofighter WORLD wel-comes on board its new CEO, Alberto Gutierrez. To mark this occasion, we took the opportunity to talkwith both top managers about their careers, their hopes and their thoughts about the future of theEurofighter Programme. Both have huge experiences in the aerospace industry, and both have strongand passionate views about the future of Europe’s largest defence programme.

ENZO CASOLINIEFW: Enzo, lookingback at four yearsof being the Euro-fighter CEO, whathave been the high-lights and majormilestones for you?

Enzo: There have been many highlightsover the last four years and I am proud as wellas satisfied that I could contribute at least alittle bit to achieve them. As the most impor-tant three milestones I would like to mentionthe following: firstly, the signature of theTranche 3 A contract in July 2009, secondly,the Programme Slowdown Agreement signedby Eurofighter GmbH and NETMA in July 2011which secures the continuity of our produc-tion lines in Europe until 2017 and thirdly, thecontract signature with The Sultanate ofOman for 12 aircraft in December 2012.These milestones helped us enormously tokeep the programme alive and ongoing forthe next five years. We must continue to workvery hard together with our EurofighterPartner Companies to gain new customersand ensure that our orderbook will furthergrow over the next few years.

EFW: What have been the most importantexperiences for you during these years?Enzo: To be very honest, I made a lot of

positive experiences but also some painful experiences during my time as the EurofighterCEO. You will certainly understand that I preferto talk about the positive ones. Let me mentiontwo major ones. I will never forget theFarnborough Air Show in 2012 when the UKPrime Minister paid a visit to the EurofighterPavilion. David Cameron came to see us andtalked with potential customers in ourExhibition Pavilion providing a strong politicalsupport for our export campaigns. His person-al commitment was direct, honest andstraightforward and we need to be grateful forthis. It should remind all of us that politicalsupport is key for our campaigns and that wecan only be successful if the Governments inEurope provide this kind of support. In addition, I believe that the cooperation

between industry and customers is more intense, more fruitful and better than a fewyears ago. One example: we recently celebrat-ed the tenth anniversary of the IWSSC, theInternational Weapon Systems SupportCentre. The way this organisation has maturedis a reflection of the way in which the larger or-ganisation of Eurofighter itself has developed.

Our customers and our prospective customersnow recognise that when they join us, they getthe power and know-how of a significantlysized pool of expertise. This is now becominganother key differentiator and seeing that differentiator grow satisfies me a lot.EFW: What would you like to say to yoursuccessor?Enzo: Alberto comes to Eurofighter at an

exciting and challenging time for the pro-gramme. He is experienced enough to knowthat he is entering a highly competitive envi-ronment, but also that he has some incrediblytalented people behind him and an aeroplanethat is reaching a level of maturity that puts itin a very strong position when competing forsales. He knows, as I know, that our offeringwill just get better and better over the nextyears as new upgrades and new capabilitiescome on stream. He also knows that we canbuild still further on that potential and every-one in the Eurofighter community needs to be fully committed to increase customer satisfaction. EFW: What are your plans for the future following your retirement as CEO?Enzo: I am not the sort of person who can

remain inactive for any length of time andthere are a number of interests I would like topursue. I will remain connected in one way oranother with the aerospace industry, but thereare some things I have been wanting to do forsome time. One of these is to spend sometime at the University of Rome, where I can getdeeper into my hobby of studying Roman andGreek history. It’s a fascinating subject thatcan teach all of us a lot – even today!

IN MEMORIAM

Bernhard Zellner

Chief OperatingOfficer Capabilities

Eurofighter WORLD is sad to have to report the sudden passing of BernhardZellner a Member of the Board ofManagement of Eurofighter Jagdflug-zeug GmbH.

Bernhard, aged just 49, died suddenlyon Sunday 28th, April 2013. He leaves awife and two young children.

Enzo Casolini, Chief Executive Officerat Eurofighter at the time of Bernhard’sdeath, said:

“It was with very great sorrow that Ilearned of the sudden passing of Bernhard.Everyone within Eurofighter was shockedand saddened to hear of this tragicnews.

“Bernhard was a very valued, brightand professional colleague who did anoutstanding job as Chief OperatingOfficer (COO) responsible for Capabili-ties. Our hearts and minds are with hiswife and children, relatives, friends andloved ones.”

The shareholder representatives of theEurofighter consortium have appointedAlberto Gutierrez as the Chief ExecutiveOfficer (CEO) of Eurofighter JagdflugzeugGmbH and Maurizio De Mitri, who is cur-rently Senior Vice President Military AircraftSector at Alenia Aermacchi, as the Chairmanof the Supervisory Board with effect from 1June 2013.

Alberto Gutierrez will succeed EnzoCasolini who has led the European consor-tium since 1 May 2009. According to the ro-tation principle, Mr. De Mitri will followBerndt Wünsche who has been Chairman ofthe Supervisory Board and who remainsSenior Member of the Supervisory Board inhis function as Head of Combat Air Systemsat Cassidian.

Commenting on his appointment, AlbertoGutierrez said: “This new job is a great chal-lenge for me at the peak in my career. Mykey priorities will focus on competitiveness,campaigns and capabilities in order to makeEurofighter Typhoon even more successfulin the world market. Starting from aEuropean partnership, we need to moveEurofighter Typhoon forward into a moreglobal partnership and invite new customernations to join this leading-edge pro-gramme. Eurofighter Typhoon is widely acknowledged as an effective, proven andtrusted weapon system. I am confident thatwe will win more customers in the next fewyears.”

And Enzo Casolini said: “I am now finish-ing my duty at the helm of Eurofighter GmbH.

During the four years that I have been withthe programme, I had the pleasure of work-ing with some of the most talented and ded-icated individuals you could wish to meet. Insaying goodbye, I am now handing thereigns over to the new Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Alberto Gutierrez. Alberto bringswith him both a huge amount of experienceand the sort of energy and enthusiasm thatcan only come with a real passion for hisjob. I know he will be a great success and Iwish him well.”

NEW CEO AND NEW CHAIRMAN OFTHE SUPERVISORY BOARD

Alberto GutierrezCEO Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH

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It’s an important year for theParis Air Show – the 50th SalonInternational de l’Aeronautique etde l’Espace – so, as EurofighterWORLD went to press, some significant an-niversary celebrations were expected.

For Eurofighter, taking a stand and a chaletat the Show, as well as bringing in pilots, engi-neers and showcasing the latest technologiesnow coming through on the Programme – theemphasis will be sharing with the world thedaily commitment of Eurofighter to its ex-panding customer bases and the operationsthey undertake.

With 20 operational units deploying theEurofighter Typhoon between six major cus-tomers and a seventh signed up, theEurofighter Team will be underlining the factthat, day and night, around the worldEurofighter Typhoon aircraft and their crews

potential for growth. That’s exactly what weoffer. We are in a good place.”

In 2011 over 2,000 exhibitors came to theParis event from 45 countries and a total of350,000 visitors came to the Show – this year,the 50th Anniversary year of the event – anew set of numbers will tell a different story.

are protecting nations in operations,on deployment and on QuickReaction Alert.

As ever, there will be a series ofsignificant visitors to the Eurofighter pavilionduring the show and, as well as having the fa-mous E-Cube display and a full-sizedEurofighter replica at Paris, delegates will beable to tour a static aircraft in the company ofsome of the world’s most experienced pilots.

Theo Benien, Vice President of PR &Communications for Eurofighter, said: “Wehave had an extremely busy and productiveyear so far taking the Eurofighter story toIndia, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates,Canada and now Paris – and there is stillmuch more to come. On every visit, the feed-back we are getting is extremely positive.Customers are looking for a reliable cost-ef-fective platform with real capability and a

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SHOWCASING PRIORITIES

Anyone who attended this year’s LangkawiInternational Maritime & Aerospace (LIMA)Exhibition in Malaysia cannot fail to have taken away a strong impression of theEurofighter Typhoon’s performance prowessin the air.

If passionate commentary wins points,then Langkawi’s commentator Thayala“Kunte” Varman deserves top marks.“Eurofighter Typhoooooooon!!!!!” as he hailedit, certainly got everyone’s attention in the air– but just as important were the meetings and

briefings taking place closer to earth as dele-gation after delegation came to hear aboutthe latest developments and capabilities being offered on a platform that is rapidlygaining major respect among the world’s lead-ing air power decision-makers.

The Royal Malaysian Air Force operates adiverse range of aircraft and are known to bekeen to replace their MiG-29 fleet with an ini-tial batch of 18 Multi-Role Combat Aircraftwith a potential option for a further 18.Eurofighter, through the lead EurofighterPartner Company, BAE Systems, is in discus-sions with Malaysia – discussions which wereunderpinned by significant Government sup-port at LIMA and which it is hoped will lead toa Request for Proposal before year-end.

Can the Eurofighter Typhoon meetMalaysia’s requirements? One man able toanswer this question better than most is BAE

Eurofighter Typhoon family should Malaysiaselect our aircraft for its future MRCA. Wehave ensured that the Eurofighter Typhoonproposal, and the associated industrial pro-posals that come with it, address all five prior-ities for cooperation outlined in the PrimeMinisters’ joint statement of July 2011. Astrong UK-Malaysia bilateral relationshipincluding FPDA will bethe basis for future cooperation. And as amember of theEurofighter Typhoonfamily, Malaysia wouldhave influence overand benefit from theaircraft’s future devel-opment.

So....does Euro-fighter Typhoon reallyhave the track recordto give Malaysia theconfidence to invest inthe platform. It will betheir choice, of course,but Kane has no hesi-tation when it comesto Typhoon’s trackrecord:

“Since entry intoservice in 2004, wehave delivered morethan 370 Eurofighter Typhoons to six nations:the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain,Austria and Saudi Arabia. In December 2012,Oman became the seventh customer and ordered a total of twelve aircraft. EurofighterTyphoon is in service at 20 operational unitsand up to now, the whole fleet has completedmore than 186,000 flying hours worldwide.

“Eurofighter Typhoon is considered as themost advanced new generation multi-role/swing-role combat aircraft currentlyavailable on the world market.

“Seven nations (Germany, the UnitedKingdom, Italy, Spain, Austria, Saudi Arabiaand Oman) have already ordered EurofighterTyphoon and with more than 700 aircraft under contract and over 570 on order, it iscurrently the largest military procurementprogramme in Europe.

“This aircraft is still young, but effective,proven and trusted with a service life of morethan 30 years ahead. The feedback of pilotsall over the world is very positive. They praiseits agility, adaptability and extremely powerfulengines.”

Systems’ Managing Director of Combat Air,Mark Kane. He said: “I am absolutely con-vinced that Eurofighter Typhoon will meet therequirements and expectations of the RoyalMalaysian Air Force (RMAF). It is proven in op-erations and on international deploymentsand is designed for growth with an ongoingcapability insertion plan.”

To underline the point he said: “EurofighterTyphoon fully demonstrated its multi-role capability and interoperability in numerousoperations such as the Libya conflict.

And we are also working on enhancementprogrammes which will further increase its air-to-air and air-to-ground capabilities, and part ofthis programme is the introduction of the newnext generation AESA radar (E-Scan radar)which we will see flying on an InstrumentedProduction Aircraft 5 (IPA 5) in 2014.”

For any competitor to succeed in Malaysiathey need to show they can offer a genuinepartnership approach with real scope formeaningful industrial participation.

Kane says: “We can offer Malaysian indus-try access to more than 400 aerospace anddefence companies as well as suppliers. IfMalaysia decides in favour of the procurementof the Eurofighter Typhoon, it could elevate itsnational industry to a new level in the globalaerospace, defence-related sectors. Thetransfer of cutting-edge technologies wouldcreate new industrial capabilities and sustainhigh-quality jobs. In addition to this, educationand training initiatives could develop and sus-tain a skilled workforce and realize valuableintellectual capital in Malaysia.”

He adds: “The UK Government is also fullycommitted to support our campaign andMalaysia would be warmly welcomed into the

MALAYSIAN MAGIC –

TYPHOON SHOWSTOPPER...

DID YOU KNOW?

A significant number of suppli-ers to the Eurofighter programmehave a footprint in Malaysia Collectively they have spent£815m GBP in the last five yearswith further orders expected tototal £1.45billion GBP BAE Systems has a long-stand-ing relationship with the countryhaving supplied military equip-ment for the land, sea and air sectors The BAE Systems relationshipincludes the supply of parts fromMalaysia for its Hawk AdvancedJet Trainer – the default trainer forthe Eurofighter Typhoon

Aero India 2013 at the Yelahanka Air Basein Bangalore this year saw the debut of anew kind of marketing tool for Eurofighterthis year – ‘The E-Cube’.

Showcasing capability isn’t always aboutdisplay flying at the venue – it’s also aboutensuring those interested can see evidenceof the aircraft on operational deployment –or can take a more detailed and repeatable look at elements of capability.

At Bangalore, for Eurofighter, the new 56square metre ‘E-Cube’ exhibition facility

GmbH, explained: “The E-Cube underlinedthe Eurofighter strategy of still maintaining apresence in India while the Indian MoD isnegotiating with a French competitor whothey selected as the preferred bidder for theMMRCA competition in early 2012.

“The E-Cube attracted a lot of interestfrom visitors, including visitors from theIndian MoD, the Indian Air Force, StephaneBeemelmans, the State Secretary at theGerman Ministry of Defence and the RightHonourable Philip Dunne MP, the UK’sParliamentary Under Secretary of Statefor Defence Equipment, Support andTechnology.”

Sighted as it was between the EADS andBAE Systems stands, the location of the E-Cube offered plum positioning forEurofighter’s key messages bringing homethe fact that:• Eurofighter Typhoon’s industrial commu-

nity and Governments fully respect India’sprocess for the MMRCA

• We are confident we can meet India’s requirements and would be pleased towork with Indian industrial partners

• Our presence at Aero India demonstratedthe importance we attach to the Show.

allowed everyone to see just what theEurofighter Typhoon was all about – withcrystal clarity. Four giant LED screens each7.5 metres long and 2 metres deep offered a360 degree view of Eurofighter Typhoon asnever seen before and specially commis-sioned 48 minute cinemascope presentationensured that all the key messages could hithome.

It’s a concept that both caught the imag-ination and inspired others to follow as JoeParker, Export Director for Eurofighter

POSITIONING MESSAGES

THE ‘E-CUBE’ WAY

Fragilis catelli corrumperet verecundus ossifragi. Plane frag

Eurofighter Typhoon at Le Bourget

This sunset image of a Eurofighter Typhoonreturning to its base at RAF Coningsby froma training sortie won amateur photographerGaz West international acclaim and the title

of 2012 Eurofighter Amateur Photographer ofthe Year.

Now this year’s competition is open forentry – and it could be your turn to win thetitle: ‘2013 Eurofighter Amateur Photographerof the Year’.

The Competition, run by Eurofighter PRand Communications, always attracts a highlevel of interest with images of theEurofighter Typhoon coming in from a world-wide collection of keen and skilled amateurphotographers.

This year’s Competition officially openedin May and will run until 31st October 2013,the deadline for the acceptance of the lastentries. Lead judge, and an acknowledged

expert of Typhoon photography, will beGeoffrey Lee of Plane Focus. He says: “Thisis the perfect platform to prove that amateurphotography can indeed be extraordinary.”

Geoff points to Gaz’s image above whichmade the front cover of the 2013 Eurofightercalendar as a stunning example of an atmos-pheric photograph.

The calendar was released internationally andhas received incredible feedback, proving thatyou don’t have to be a professional photograph-er to take professional images of Typhoon.

WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED DURINGTHE DUBAI AIR SHOW 2013This year’s winner will be announced duringthe Dubai Air Show in November 2013. Thejudging panel, which will include last year’swinner, will meet at Eurofighter Hallberg-moos to choose the winning photograph.

The winner will receive a guided tour ofthe Eurofighter at Manching in Germany froma Eurofighter Test Pilot and have their imagefeatured in the 2014 Eurofighter Calendar.

The judging panel for the competition willbe Geoffrey Lee from Planefocus Ltd –Eurofighter’s leading Typhoon photographer;Andreas Westphal – Managing Director ofimages.art.design.; Theodor Benien, Head ofPR & Communications for Eurofighter GmbHand Gaz West. Original images of Typhoonwill be accepted from any amateur photogra-pher in accordance with the terms and conditions which can be found on theEurofighter website: www.eurofighter.com

Please send all entries either via email to ushere at Eurofighter WORLD at communica-tions@eurofighter.com or in the post to:

Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbHPR & Communications Am Söldnermoos 1785399 HallbergmoosGermany

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2013

YOU COULD BE OUR “PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR”

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Photo: Geoffrey Lee

Under the Tranche 3A contract signed in2009, a total of 112 aircraft have been or-dered for the four European partner nations ofGermany, Italy, Spain and the UK, with 40 air-craft bound for the Royal Air Force.

Deliveries of Tranche 3 Typhoons are ex-pected to start later this year.

Assembly of the first Tranche 3Typhoon, destined for delivery to the RoyalAir Force, has now been completed togetherwith initial testing.

The aircraft, British single seat no 116, hasnow entered electromagnetic testing.

A range of Typhoon systems such as thearmament, fuel and flight controls could besusceptible to radio frequency transmissionssuch as ground radars or TV and radio trans-mission masts. To ensure the aircraft will op-erate correctly and safely in flight when ex-posed to these threats, the aircraft is under-going Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)testing through a technique known as DirectCurrent Injection. This means the aircraft is

injected with simulated threat signals directlyinto specially designed points on the nose, tailand wing tips.

EMC testing will last around eight weeks,after which the aircraft will undergo avionicstesting before progressing to engine groundruns.

TRANCHE 3 TYPHOON GOES ON TEST

The UK Defence Minister Philip Dunne, Minister for DefenceEquipment, Support and Technology (Centre), and EurofighterCEO Enzo Casolini (Rear) were welcomed by pilots from TheKingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UK Royal Air Force onto theEurofighter stand.

It takes careful planning to make the rightkind of statement at an international defenceexhibition – and this year at IDEX in Abu Dhabithat’s exactly what produced the right kind ofresult for Eurofighter.

The International Defence Exhibition &Conference (IDEX) is the largest joint defenceexhibition in the Middle East. The biennialevent is run under the patronage of HisHighness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan,the President of the United Arab Emirates andSupreme Commander of the UAE’s ArmedForces. The event is an important showcase ina region of the world that has genuine require-ments for defence capability and related tech-nologies.

Step forward Eurofighter GmbH and theEurofighter Partner Companies who wowedIDEX with a powerful and carefully co-ordinat-ed campaign to ensure that everyone in theUAE who attended the Exhibition got the bestpossible briefing and left the event with a last-ing impression of the potency and capabilityof the multi-role fast-jet fighter.

‘We started our work with a co-ordinationbriefing at Ferrari World,’ said Joe Parker,Export Director for Eurofighter GmbH. ‘It wasa fantastic and inspiring venue to begin theprocess of accelerating interest in Typhoonand ensuring that throughout the five days ofthe Exhibition we were all fully motivated toperform.’

The United Arab Emirates is known to havea requirement for up to 60 aircraft to replaceits fleet of Mirage aircraft from 2017/18 on-wards. With Eurofighter coming to the UAE onthe back of a confirmed order for 12 Typhoonsand eight Hawk Advanced Jet Trainers fromthe Sultanate of Oman through its partnercompany BAE Systems it’s hardly surprisingthat interest in the Eurofighter at IDEX washigh.

‘Throughout the event we, and BAESystems the lead partner for the UAE, received a series of delegations. There werealso steady queues of people waiting to get agood look at the Full Sized Replica of Typhoonwhich enjoyed a prime location at the entrance to the showhalls,’ said Joe.

None of this, of course, would be relevantif there were not a serious interest in theEurofighter Typhoon from the UAE, but all theevidence points to the fact that the aircraft isa serious contender in a closely fought race.

As Enzo Casolini, Eurofighter’s ChiefExecutive, said: ‘We believe that our approachthrough the UK government is a realistic ap-proach and we hope it can come to a positiveconclusion. Making a deal with Eurofightermeans you would have the benefit of threecorporate companies which are the biggest inEurope. It is a huge opportunity for industrialparticipation.’

It was a point both well made and well received at IDEX. The campaign activities arewell on track.

A POWERFUL STATEMENT

AT IDEX 2013... ... AND MAKING THE NEWSHot news at IDEX was the announcement

at the press briefings that the UAE could soonbe making Eurofighter Typhoon components.

Enzo Casolini, the Chief Executive ofEurofighter GmbH, confirmed at the pressbriefings that Tawazun Precision Industrieshas been listed as an accredited supplier andhas already made a major structural compo-nent for the aircraft which has been throughwhat are known as ‘first article inspections.’

The news made many headlines in the UAEmedia given its significance in this closelyfought race for what could be a major aircraftorder. Mark Parkinson, the business develop-ment manager for BAE Systems, the lead part-ner company for the UAE campaign said: ‘Thepiece that TPI have manufactured is a majorstructural component in the aircraft, a V-frame used at the rear of the aircraft near the

engine.’ He also confirmed that it was what isknown as a high-tolerance part adding thatthe first one made was put on display at IDEX.

Andy Wilson, BAE Systems’ industrial part-nership and offset director, also confirmedthat the company was in further talks aroundthe development of titanium firewalls at TPIfactories. He explained that these firewallsare used to prevent the engine blast fire fromspreading into the fuselage of the aircraft. Hot news indeed!

type’s combat de-but over Libya inOperation Ellamy in2011, due to the com-

plexity of the ‘Red Flag’task.

The Typhoons arrived at Nellis atthe start of February, having spent

two weeks at Joint Base Langley-Eustisworking with the F-22A Raptors of the 27thFS on Exercise ‘Western Zephyr’. For the

Typhoon personnel the focus was workingalongside the US Air Force and US Navy toprove interoperability, develop and validatetactics and hone capabilities.

The RAF detachment was led by No XISquadron and RAF Coningsby station comman-

der Gp Capt Johnny Stringer,with the time at Nellis being the

RAF Typhoon’s debut in ‘Red Flag’ —and notable as being a higher securitylevel event open only to invited nations. Gp Capt Stringer said: ‘Clearly

‘Western Zephyr’ followed by ‘Red Flag’ pro-vided an excellent opportunity to integrate[the] Typhoon with the F-22 [Raptor]. Weneeded to pick up on those standards thathave already been developed by the US AirForce to see and test that we can play [the]Typhoon into those as well, and that it is aseamless mix.

He added: ‘‘Red Flag’ is important becauseit allows us to test the aircraft in a really chal-lenging environment in every way. It providesa very good health-check for the force, be-cause we are deploying a front-line squadronand four Qualified Weapons Instructor (QWI)students. We have a lot of both experiencedand junior guys, plus it serves as a valuablevector check for what we are doing with theaircraft. [‘Red Flag’ is about] making life in-credibly difficult for you. If you’re still able tofunction here rather than in a benign set ofconditions where most things are going foryou, then I think that is probably more of anacid test of where an aircraft is. How we de-velop, educate and train our future QWIs isfundamental to tactical success in the future.’

AIR-TO-AIRAlong with the partner Eurofighter nations,the RAF is steadily rolling out enhancementsto its aircraft. The nine Tranche 1 Block 5Typhoons that deployed to ‘Red Flag’ were up-graded to the latest standard with Drop 2 soft-ware, the latest R2Q standard radar capabilityand use of the new Helmet EquipmentAssembly (HEA). The Drop 2 upgrade processchanged some of the air-to-surfaceweaponeering with increased HOTAS function-ality for the Litening targeting pod.

Pilot Flt Lt Mark Long elaborated on theradar refinements. ‘I’m really impressed byR2Q — it’s a killing radar. You can rely that itsgoing to host the AMRAAM until terminalguidance and that the information it’s feeding

In the UK, the Royal Air Force’s fast jet forcehas undergone a dramatic transformationover the last decade since Operation ‘Telic’ of2003 — the second Gulf War. It has ratio-nalised down to two types; the EurofighterTyphoon and the Tornado GR4.

Gone are the Jaguar, Harrier and TornadoF3 fleets, with this too the mass of a sizeablefront-line squadron strength. From next yearthe RAF is likely to be composed of just sevenfrontline fast-jet units.

Consequently, the Service is looking towring as much capability and usefulness aspossible out of its fighters. Versatility, lean en-gineering procedures, minimal operat-ing costs, and maximum output areall essentials.

The RAF and RN are alreadyheavily engaged with moulding a fu-ture transition from the Tornado GR4to the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter at theend of this decade. However, a bow inoverall force structure is almost inevitable ifthe ageing GR4s are to exit stage right in 2019as planned — few expect a meaningful F-35capability by that time.

Much of the slack will have to be absorbedby an already heavily tasked Typhoon Force.

The RAF is working towards a fivesquadron operational Typhoon strength, twounits at RAF Coningsby and three at RAFLossiemouth, by2015. Bythis time,all Tranche2 airframeswill have beendelivered and theRAF will be well intodeliveries of Tranche 3aircraft.

The overall plotwill likely see Tranche 1 air-frames, which are now seen as‘legacy’ platforms, being retiredfrom that time onwards. Although, withtwo-seat aircraft front-loaded into the Tranche1 allocation, synthetic pilot training will haveto match the drawdown of these airframes. Atthe end of the decade we will probably see theRAF operating 107 Tranche 2/3Typhoons.

BUILDING CAPABILITYAlong with building the mass of the TyphoonForce, capability is crucial to maintaining ef-fectiveness with far fewer Force Elements AtReadiness (FEAR).

For Typhoon this meansa meaningful multi-role

capability— a nar-

rowly focussedsingle role asset willstruggle for justifica-tion in the future

RAF.Exercise ‘Red Flag 13-3’, held at Nellis AFB,

Nevada, for three weeks from 25 February to15 March was designed as a huge test for theTyphoon Force. It

kick started abusy year for the

RAF Typhoons with oth-er detachments to

Oman for ‘Magic Carpet’,Malaysia for ’’Bersama Shield’

2013, and the UAE for ATLC allplanned. ‘Red Flag’ represented ar-

guably the biggest operational flyingtest to date for the RAF Typhoons,and probably even surpassed the

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UK TYPHOONS TESTED ON

RED FLAGReport and photos for Eurofighter WORLD by Guest Photo-Journalist : Jamie Hunter

the ASRAAM is accurate, which is exactlywhat we need.’

Long continued: ‘Coming out here andworking with fifth-generation fighters [the F-22], we need to realise what our place is in thefight. We have the ability to shoot far, fly fastand [cause attrition to] the leading edge. Iwould say [the] Typhoon’s main advantage isits performance.

‘If we are holding a CAP position we canstay on station a long time, but if we are usingour long-range shot, the ability to go high andfast, it comes with a fuel penalty. But that fu-el penalty is more than outweighed by the ef-fectiveness of those long-range shots.

“We’ve had some shots taken atMach 1.6, at 45,000ft, and the aggres-sors have been surprised by the kine-matics we can give the missile. We’vebeen killing out quite a few people.There have definitely been raised eye-brows in the [post-mission] shot evalu-ation when you’re calling a very long-range shot and then calling a kill on it.’

MULTI-ROLE‘Red Flag’ not only afforded the Typhoons theability to showcase their air-to-air prowess,but also tapped into the renewed swing-roleemphasis for the RAF post-Operation ‘Ellamy’over Libya in 2011.

‘We have pushed on an AI (Air Interdiction)footing’, Long continued. ‘So we’ll have pre-planned targets which are always right in themiddle of the MEZ (Missile Engagement Zone).We’ll push and quote a load of four EPW2s(Enhanced Paveway 2), four AMRAAMs andtwo ASRAAMs on the swing-role missions. Alot of the sorties are swing-role; once we’veprosecuted the target we are up on fuel andwe’ve got four AMRAAMs on board so we’reback into second phase of an air-to-air fight.I’ve penetrated the MEZ, dropped using theLitening pod to designate the target, thenswung back to CAP and held down a regener-ation airfield for another 15 minutes, thengone home.

‘The process of transiting into a MEZwhere you’re going to get lit up on your DASS(Defensive Aids Sub-System), defending,dropping, and then going back to fight againsta PL-12 missile threat [simulation] is a levelthat we don’t regularly train to.’

The Typhoon DASS and the aircraft’sMission Data was a major contributor to thejet’s success on ‘Red Flag’. The RAF hasplaced huge emphasis on developingTyphoon’s mission data — populating the air-craft DASS and radar with vital information toenable peak performance in high threat sce-narios.

Flt Lt Long continued. Mission Data ‘hasenabled us to improve how our aircraft is go-ing to combat the threats — you can get it re-fined in a couple of hours as well. That’ssomething the Raptors were very impressedwith — the turn-around of our mission data. Ifyou put it into context, you can have real-world threats — something that will pop upthat hasn’t been spotted by intelligence — andyou can re-write your mission data to help pro-tect you against that threat.’

Gp Capt Stringer gave more details. ‘I thinkour defensive aids suite in the round, and par-ticularly actually the fact that we as the RoyalAir Force have been able to take that missiondata, best assess how it can be improved, inthe light of the operating in this case training,but high-end training context, and then tweakit, will really help to improve its performance.’

‘Operational Test and Evaluation is vital.You can come up with any number of capabil-ities in the abstract, but if you don’t actuallygo out and test them in context they are po-tentially hollow. So, getting your test and eval-uation right is a fundamental end to end capa-bility. So the Highrider series of exercises,plus those trials that have been done back inthe UK give us confidence, and also highlightwhere we might need to apply additional effort in certain ways with the aircraft.’

STAYING IN THE FIGHTFor Gp Capt Stringer, the capabilities demon-strated by the RAF at ‘Red Flag’ were clear evidence of how, despite a shrinking front-linefighter force, the service has been able tokeep up with the latest advances.

‘I left the Typhoon Force in about October2009, and came back about three years later.

Just seeing the change in the aircraftin that time has just been deeply satis-fying. ‘Red Flag’ gives us confidencethat the capability development that isin train, and that which we know iscoming down the tracks in the next fewyears, is putting us in the right place.

‘This [exercise] has shown that the jet hasthe performance that we always knew it had.It’s got pace, it can achieve some really quiteimpressive altitudes out here. Put those twotogether and it puts extra capability into theair-to-air missiles that you are carrying.

‘On the air-to-ground side the jet has animpressive payload, the current targeting podis very good, and yet we also know that thereare potential development opportunities thereas well, such that in the air-to-surface role aswell as the air-to-air all you can see is a contin-uing and indeed an enhanced success story.’

Out in forceand preparingfor take-off -EurofighterTyphoonmakes itsmark at RedFlag.

Missionaccom-plished - now for thedebrief...

Lined up and ready to go at Nellis...

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In the United Kingdom the Royal Air Forcehave continued to develop the multi-role capa-bility of Typhoon by dropping inert Paveway IIbombs for the first time from the Tranche 2version of the combat aircraft.

Pilots from 6 Squadron, based at RAFLeuchars, embarked on a series of trainingsorties over Cape Wrath Range in March todeliver the air-to-surface capability as part of‘Combat Ready’ training work up sorties. Itwas the first time that 6 Sqn had dropped abomb since it was re-formed at RAF Leucharsin 2010 as a frontline Typhoon Squadron.

Officer Commanding 6 Squadron, WingCommander Mike Baulkwill said: “The suc-cessful delivery of Paveway II from a Tranche2 Typhoon is another step forward in the de-velopment of the platform’s multi-role combatcapability. The last time 6 Squadron as awhole conducted end-to-end air-to-surfaceweapons training would have been when theSquadron was flying Jaguars, a fitting return tobombing for the "Flying Can-Openers". Giventhe previous air defence role of the Station, I also suspect that it has been a long time since a Leuchars-based squadron has delivered a bomb”

The Paveway II bombing runs have beenflown as part of an Operational Training Weekthat provides an opportunity for pilots to con-

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solidate different phases of their multi-roletraining and for the Squadron as a whole toconduct readiness activity for contingent operations.

Flight Lieutenant Oli Fleming, who as anEx Tornado GR4 pilot has operational air-to-ground experience, was the first 6 Squadronpilot to drop a Paveway II. He commented:

“Dropping weapons from a Tranche 2Typhoon is a good step forward for the Force providing a multi-role capability. From an operator’s perspective, it is impressive howeasy the systems are to use enabling you todrop an accurate bomb that strikes the targetin a short amount of time.”

DID YOU KNOW? Royal Air Force (RAF) Leuchars in Fife isprimarily responsible for maintaining QuickReaction Alert (Interceptor) North, providingcrews and aircraft at high states of readiness24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to police UKairspace and to intercept unidentified aircraft. No 6 Squadron officially stood up at RAFLeuchars in September 2010 as the thirdfrontline RAF Typhoon Squadron and the firstto be based in Scotland. The Squadron tookover responsibility for providing the northernelement of the Quick Reaction Alert force inMarch 2011, providing aircraft and crews onhigh alert to scramble and intercept unidenti-fied aircraft approaching UK airspace. 6 Sqnis now the lead Tranche 2 Multi-Role CombatSquadron. Typhoon provides the RAF with a multi-role combat aircraft, capable of being de-ployed in the full spectrum of air operations,from air policing, to peace support, through tohigh intensity conflict. It is currently employedon permanent ops in the Falkland Islands, UKQuick Reaction Alert North and UK QuickReaction Alert South. The original version of the Paveway IIlaser-guided bomb entered service with theRAF in the 1970s and is composed of a stan-dard UK 450kg bomb with a computer controlgroup fitted to the nose, supporting a laserseeker head and steerable fins. A tail unit isfitted with fins that deploy after launch fromthe aircraft. Laser designation of targets canbe provided by the Litening III targeting pod,or from troops on the ground using a laser target designator. Paveway II equips TornadoGR4 and Typhoon aircraft. The bomb's guid-ance package takes over on release from theaircraft and steers the bomb on to the sourceof reflected laser energy. The bomb can bedropped from low or medium level. Typhoon’sfirst operational use of Paveway II was in theLibya air campaign in 2011.

Berndt Wünsche is Head of Combat AirSystems at Cassidian. On February 28th 2013he proudly stood alongside senior members ofthe Luftwaffe as the German Air Force accept-ed its 100th Eurofighter. It was an event atwhich the General Lieutenant Karl Müllner,Chief of Staff of the German Air Force, said:“Due to its interoperability, modularity andgrowth potential, the multi-role weapon sys-tem, Eurofighter, is today, and will remain in future, the backbone of theGerman Air Force’s combat aircraftfleet, particularly in light of the new orienta-tion of our armed forces.”

For Berndt Wünsche the VIP event was ared letter day in the life of an incredible air-craft which has been winning plaudits aroundthe world and which he himself believes willhave amazing future.

The event in Manching, southern Germany,attracted a strong delegation of VIPs withmany members of the armed forces attendingas well as senior delegates from Industry.What marked it out was not just the stunningappearance of the 100th German LuftwaffeEurofighter itself, but the futuristic lightshowthat supported it. That lightshow presentedthe Eurofighter Typhoon’s history with theLuftwaffe in 3d imagery above the heads ofdelegates – and it was symbolic of the sort oftechnology that the aircraft itself is likely tohave in years to come.

Berndt Wünsche told Eurofighter WORLD:“Eurofighter is combining supreme flight per-formance with Multi/Swing role capabilitiesas no other aircraft available on the market.

These capabilitiesare allowing our cus-tomers to cover anextremely broadrange of missions si-multaneously and ef-fectively. In the futureI see many more ex-citing developmentsto come, a number ofwhich we are bringinginto reality as Ispeak.”

Citing important capability enhancements,including the development and integration ofthe E-Scan radar and the integration of the be-yond visual range Meteor missile, Berndt saidthat the partners are now also working on fur-ther enhancements to the Eurofighter’s acclaimed Defensive Aids Sub Systems help-ing to further consolidate its growing reputa-tion as one of most effectively protected fast-jet fighters in the world.

Berndt also added that “an export capabil-ities programme was launched jointly by allEurofighter partner companies to implementcapabilities required for potential export cus-tomers. It prepares the fighter for further op-erational scenarios including combat againsttargets at long distance and the use of anti-ship and anti-radar missiles.”

But looking further ahead, as others havedone in this issue of Eurofighter WORLD,Berndt sees a time when Eurofighter will be in-teroperable with unmanned air vehicles in avariety of different mission scenarios where a

mix of manned and unmanned assets may bedeployed. He said: “We are already focus-ing on the development of Eurofighter'sinteroperability with other weapon sys-tems and command and control facili-ties. The nature of how fast jets with ca-pabilities like the Eurofighter are usedis changing. In the very near future satelliteand data link communication functionality willenable communication with headquarters andother weapon systems over great distancesbeyond line-of-sight. Eurofighter is well posi-tioned for such capability insertion and thecommensurate increase in potency thatcomes with it.”

Front left to right: Wing Commander Fighter Wing 74 "Steinhoff", Col AndreasPfeiffer; Wing Commander Fighter Wing 73 "Steinhoff", ColBernhard Teicke; Wing Commander Fighter Bomber Wing 31"Boelcke", Col Andreas Hoppe; Chief of German Air Force,LtGen. Karl Müllner; Head of Combat Air Systems/Cassidian,Berndt Wünsche; CEO Cassidian, Bernhard Gerwert; Director AirDepartment Armament Procurement Agency (BAAINBw), HelmutRichter.

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TYPHOON MULTI-ROLE SUCCESS

RAF Regiment Forward Air Controllers(FACs) from the RAF Honington Air LandIntegration Cell (ALIC) supported the exerciseby providing laser designation and target ‘talk-ons’ ensuring that the inert Paveway IIweapons successfully struck their targets

The exercise formed part of ALIC FACtraining for Afghanistan.

ALI Cell Deputy Squadron Commander,Flight Lieutenant Quinn said:

“The opportunity to train with RAFTyphoons and achieve weapon releases withinthe UK is an important step forward for us. Wehave been able to not only train our personnelfor Operation Herrick but also train for futurecontingency operations with this excellentmulti-role platform.”

On target and looking good...

CELEBRATION AT CASSIDIAN'S SITE IN MANCHING

LUFTWAFFE ACCEPTS 100THEUROFIGHTER

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Reaching out...the IWSSC illustrates powerfully just what can bedone through the hands of friendship.

IWSSC Members and Guests at the official 10th Anniversarycelebration event in Hallbergmoos, Germany

I W S S C E U R O J E T

EUROJET Turbo GmbH, the managementcompany behind the EJ200 engine project,celebrated the delivery of its 1000th EJ200production engine on the 4th June in Berlin.The landmark engine was assembled at ITP’sfacility in Madrid, Spain and delivered to theSpanish Air Force on the 23rd May, 2013 topower the Eurofighter Typhoon fleet.

The EJ200 engine has amassed an impres-sive 390,000+ engine flying hours in 11 yearsof operation. The engine represents outstand-ing and innovative technology which continu-ally demonstrates exceptional performance inthe Eurofighter Typhoon. The flight pro-gramme covers an envelope up to 55,000 feetat speeds between 100 knots and 2.0

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: With full internal fuel and weapons load,Eurofighter Typhoon has an extremely shorttake-off roll with the EJ200 engines producinga combined thrust of 40,000lbs - or almost 20tons, which is more than many medium sizeairliners need to get airborne. The EJ200 is a two-spool turbofan withmodular construction for ease of maintenanceand support. The broad blades of its wide-cord fan and the bladed discs (blisks) in itscompressor stages are light and aerodynami-cally efficient, and possess a high level of re-sistance to foreign object damage. The fanhas no inlet guide vanes, which reduces massand complexity and improves bird strike capa-bility without compromising operability. Both the high-pressure compressor (fivestages) and low-pressure compressors (threestages) are driven by single stage advancedair-cooled turbines, featuring the latest singlecrystal blade technology. Brush seals are widely used instead oflabyrinth seals in the air system throughoutthe engine. The annular combustor, which in-corporates air spray fuel injectors, has beendesigned for low smoke and emission charac-teristics. The reheat system features radial hotstream burners, independent cold streamburning and a hydraulically operated conver-gent/divergent nozzle. All accessories, includ-ing the full authority digital engine controlunit, are self-contained and engine mounted.An auxiliary gearbox on the underside of theengine provides drive for the accessories.

EUROJET DELIVERS

1000TH EJ200Mach/750 knots. Equally significant is theachievement of the first standard flight engineto demonstrate sustained “super-cruise” – theability of the aircraft to cruise at supersonicspeed without deploying engine reheat.

As Eurofighter WORLD went to press, theceremony to mark the handing over of the1000th engine was scheduled to take place inBerlin with senior government delegates fromboth the UK and Germany on hand to markthe occasion.

The EJ200 has won universal praise fromEurofighter pilots for its responsiveness, pow-er and consistency and is one of the key ele-ments which helps ensure the aircraft can de-liver massive kinetic effect when deployingadvanced weaponry – even at altitude.

The International Weapon System SupportCentre (IWSSC), based at Hallbergmoos/Munich opened for business in March 2003shortly before Eurofighter Typhoon enteredinto service.

The Centre provides and un-dertakes technical In-ServiceSupport for all EurofighterTyphoon Weapon System prod-ucts. Its commissioning markedthe first formal operational stepin establishing what has now become widelyrecognised as world-class support forTyphoon and the customer-base it services.

Key to its success has been the develop-ment of a close working relationship betweenthese customers and the industrial base thatsupports them. A face-to-face approach toproblem solving, strong links with nationalsupport centres for Eurofighter, and the use of‘common tools’ to create synergies and facili-tate information sharing have all helped makethe IWSSC a potent and efficient support organisation.

Today, through this teamwork, the Centrehelps support the effective operation of over370 aircraft spread across six nations withabout 186,000 flying hours between them.And a seventh nation, Oman, will soon be joining them.

Enzo Casolini, Chief Executive Officer ofEurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH, described theanniversary as “an important milestone forthe Eurofighter community.” He added: “It represents the maturation of a powerfulservice organisation underpinning a highly

effective weapons system.Together with its deep and uniqueservice offering Eurofighter is nowrapidly gaining acclaim and recogni-tion around the world. Customerswho join the Eurofighter community

recognise that they are not just buying a weaponsystem, they are also gaining access to a hugeamount of know-how and shared capability.”

Hagen Petzke, Deputy General Manager ofNETMA, commented: “The cooperation between the Air Forces, the agency and indus-try in the IWSSC are vital to sustain the “Euro-fighter/Typhoon” weapon system. The prereq-uisite to achieve this are the people, who workthere. They have done a great job over the past10 years and made the IWSSC what it is today– an impressive success story.”

Luis Rodriguez Salinder, who manages the IWSSC, summed up what the organisation offers to customers by saying: “We now havean organisation that allows the speedy flow ofinformation between all appropriate parties. Itmeans we can react quickly as a team to is-sues and challenges and share best practiseefficiently. The focus for the next ten years islikely to be widened from the support of devel-opment and production towards much morefleet maintenance support and fleet develop-ment work. It’s an exciting time for the IWSSCjustas it is an exciting time for Eurofighter.”

TENTH ANNIVERSARY FOR

EUROFIGHTER SUPPORT CENTRE

A unique support centre set up to offer an unri-valled service package for the EurofighterTyphoon marked its 10th anniversary this spring.

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Exercise Red Flag 2013 at Nellis Air Force Base – Eurofighter Typhoon demonstrates real interoperability

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A fighter aircraft is today one of the most flex-ible and powerful means to show presenceand deterrence.

Their sensors make them ideally suited todetect, track and monitor penetrators overvast distances and, in most cases, their pres-ence alone would force the penetrators – air-borne as well as seaborne – to leave.

The fighter is also the quickest power pro-jection means.

But the ideal "Arctic Fighter" requires morethan the right sensors, navigation and weaponsystems.

The best answer to these questions is theEurofighter. Tested in Northern Sweden underactual Arctic conditions at temperatures below –30º Celsius, including full demonstra-tion of its autonomous operational capabilityand low logistical footprint, the Eurofighter isready to cope with the severe weather of theArctic. The fighter is equipped with an Auto-Approach mode which allows the autopilot tofly an ILS approach in all conditions, and it hasbeen tested to operate in the most extremeweather including flight in icing conditions.

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A DIFFERENT KIND OF

COLD WAR ...The Eurofighter's advanced aerodynamics,

flight control system and powerful EJ200 engines make short take-offs possible in allconfigurations. The Eurofighter has an advanced anti-skid braking system and abrake chute to allow short landings on slip-pery runways. In the most extreme case evenlanding on icy runways would be possible us-ing its arrestor hook. Both the Norwegian andthe Canadians have operationally used mobilearrestor cable systems on their tundra air-fields. The nose wheel position behind the in-let, significantly reduces the FOD-hazard tothe engines while the Eurofighter operates onthe Arctic airfields.

The retractable in-flight refuelling probemakes possible refuelling from a large rangeof in-flight refuelling tankers equipped withthe drogue basket system.

But the most obvious Eurofighter advan-tage is its two engines providing a significantflight safety bonus. In case of an engine fail-ure – which statistically will happen – theEurofighter will not crash, but safely recoverto a base with the damaged engine.

No pilot wants to eject into the Arctic envi-ronment, knowing it is potentially lethal due tothe cold, the weather, the wild life and theisolation. Being out of reach of helicoptersand ships, it could take days to be evacuated.

So in summary, the Eurofighter is not onlyaffordable, combat ready and already superiorin performance and fire power, but has the additional features that make it the perfectfighter in the unforgiving Arctic environment.

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In the early trials in Sweden they would sitthe aircraft out in minus 40 degrees Celsiusfor a full day before starting it up and every-thing worked. On the other side of the coin Ihave been flying over Sardinia when it was plus40 and have been perfectly comfortable withno issues. Overall though, in cold weather Typhoon

performs well, everything works as it shouldand the weather doesn’t affect the per-formance of the weapons systems which is im-portant.

What about the cockpit environ-ment?Compared to some,

say French aircraft, itis really spacious andeven compared to anaircraft that youmight expect to bevery comfortable likea F-16 is it very goodas you are in a morecomfortable positionand the seat has anoptimized recline.The air conditioning works really well and theonly time temperature becomes an issue iswhen you are walking out to the aircraft. I havedone 10 hour stints in a Eurofighter Typhoonon a number of occasions, for example on theway to India or Alaska, with no real problems.It’s a good place to be.

What about the reliability of the aeroplane?Like any aircraft the reliability has improved

over time. It is now a very reliable aircraft andthe sortie rates during peacetime operationsand over Libya for example have been excep-tionally good at over 90 per cent. The basic air-frame is excellent and the weapons systemsare also very good.

I would have no issue going to war inthis aeroplane and would have every confi-dence in both the airframe and theweapons systems.

BLOWING HOT OR COLD – WITH EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER

LIEUTENANT COLONEL STEPHAN MOHLER GERMAN AIR FORCE

INTERVIEWEurofighter Typhoon InstructorLieutenant Colonel StephanMohler of the Jagdgeschwader73 "Steinhoff" in Laage hasover 1,100 Typhoon flyinghours under his belt andknows the aircraft as well asanyone could.

He recently took time out to talk toEurofighter WORLD about the perfor-mance of Typhoon and why it has becomea firm favourite among fast-jet pilots andstudents. Lt. Col. Mohler also explainedhow the aircraft performs in a wide varietyof climatic conditions – and what thatmeans to the pilot.

How does Eurofighter Typhoon perform incold weather?Engine performance of any aircraft always

improves in cold weather and, in that respectTyphoon is as good as any other. As with anyfast-jet fighter icing in the air can be an issueas they don’t have the de-icing gear that civil-ian aircraft carry, but, in fact, Typhoon’s per-formance drop-off in these conditions is not asgreat as some of its rivals – so in that respectit is good.

Is there anything else that’s an issue in coldweather?Well yes, there are some aircraft that have

issues around the engine intakes when icingbecomes a factor and this can be difficult asyou can have chunks of ice going into the engines. Typhoon is cleared to operate in almost all meteorological conditions, giving itthe flexibility required for air combat.

As an instructor what’s it like to work withand for the students?Students really like this aircraft.

Sometimes there is a bit of bar banter beforethey come about this or that – or they say it isa plastic aeroplane – but once they have flownin it it is a different story. They all come backsmiling.Our training is really thorough and the stu-

dents will typically do 40 to 50 sorties beforethey go to their squadrons. When they leavehere they are fully formed and ready to go –we do every element of the training syllabushere and the results can be seen in the stu-dents that take the training. We also use theAircrew Synthetic Training Aid (which you canread about elsewhere in this issue ofEurofighter WORLD) a lot more than some oth-ers do and this means we can give the students a fuller training experience and savethe real flying for when it is really needed

What is it you like most about the Eurofighter Typhoon?I guess if I had to sum it up I would say two

things: firstly the engine performance which isfantastic, and secondly, the cockpit environ-ment – it is a really good place in which towork and unlike some aircraft it has been de-signed ergonomically with the crew in mindfrom the outset.

So what about the future potential of theaircraft?It’s huge. We have a great basic airframe

and when we get P1E standard we will have anaircraft that can do pretty much everything.Unlike some other aircraft I could name it hasno real weight issue and was designed fromthe beginning with future growth in mind. I’mreally excited about the future.

Managing the political tensions that surround the resources of what appears to be an increasingly fragileplanet means being ready to cope with trouble wherever and whenever it may arise – and that includeshaving an effective and capable deterrent to prevent that trouble developing in the first place.Governments have known this for years – as have the defence ministries that serve them. It’s vital there-fore that an investment in a multi-role/swing role fast-jet fighter, for example, is only made if the procur-er can be sure that the selected platform can do the business whatever the challenge.With Canada currently looking at how it wants to plan its future in this respect, and others in hotter climesactively doing the same, Eurofighter World recently took time out to talk to the people who know betterthan anyone just how important effective all-round performance in any weather is – the pilots.

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When military historians look back at the performance and capability of the swing-role/multi-role fast jet fighter in the early partof the 21st Century, few working on theEurofighter Typhoon Programme would besurprised if their conclusion was that Typhoonhas the edge ‘by a nose’.

The nose in question will incorporate theworld’s most advanced Active ElectronicallyScanned Array (AESA) Captor-E radar – a mas-sively capable piece of kit – housed in the ac-commodating front-fuse of the Eurofighterand offering pilots new levels of precision attack, electronic counter-measure and infor-mation assimulation.

Whilst there has been much conjectureabout the delivery and funding of this capability,within the Eurofighter community there is acalm determination and confidence aroundthe programme with the focus very much on aplanned and progressive sequence of eventsthat will see the successful delivery of whatwill be the most advanced and sophisticatedradar of its kind on the market.

TYPHOON HAS IT – BY A NOSE!

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:

Euroradar is a multi-national consortiumlead by SELEX ES, a Finmeccanica Company,alongside Cassidian and Indra. Euroradar hasdelivered more than 300 Captor mechanicallyscanned radars into the Typhoon programmeand this experience will ensure a timely andsmooth transition to AESA. The AESA radar being developed byEuroradar for the Eurofighter Typhoon willbenefit from the latest AESA technology inEurofighter’s sizeable Radome and will utilisea repositioner to provide an unmatched fieldof regard of 200 degrees, extending beyondthe frontal hemisphere. The radar will alsohave significant growth potential to ensurecustomers’ future operational requirementscan continue to be fulfilled. E-Scan provides instantaneous radar beampositioning, without recourse to the tradition-al scan techniques employed by a mechanical-ly scanned radar. This instantaneous position-ing allows tracks to be formed much earlierand also concurrent air-to-air and air-to-ground modes used. The transmit/receivemodules in the array are self contained whichmeans that a transmitter unit is not required,thus giving a marked increase in reliability.

Make no mistake, the Captor-M-Scan mechan-ically driven system fitted to Eurofighter currently, has already proved incredibly successful, but the E-Scan capability willequip Eurofighter’s customers with a capabili-ty geared to tackle the most demanding envi-ronments and threats for years to come.

What makes E-Scan special in Eurofighteris both the wide field of regard and the size ofradar array that can be fitted because of therelatively wide diameter of the nose section ofthe aircraft contributing to “First Look/FirstShoot” capability. Indeed the planned capabil-ity with E-Scan extends beyond the radar andimproves power, cooling, navigation, precisionattack and communications that will be further enhanced.

This will build on a Meteor baseline tomeet the demanding customer requirementswith the increased bandwidth and electronicattack.

A bit of history now: Eurofighter andEuroradar, together with their industrial part-ners, started full scale development of theworld’s most advanced AESA radar (E-Scan) inJuly 2010. Under a specific CollaborationAgreement for this development and integra-tion programme, significant investment hasbeen made and critical design reviews arecomplete to support the first developmentsystem to be tested this year.

In fact, the Request for Proposal is a mile-stone on the way to have the E-Scan Radar flying on an Instrumented Production Aircraft 5(IPA 5) in 2014 and later on a Tranche 3 (IPA8)platform in order to meet the requirements ofboth Core Nations and potential customers.

As you can read elsewhere in this issue ofEurofighter WORLD, Tranche 3 aircraft are

now being manufactured with special fitmentsto accommodate the new radar as well arange of other enhancements which furtherdeepen the capability of the aircraft andwhich compensate for the changes in weightdistribution enabling Eurofighter to remain asagile as ever.

Whilst on behalf of the four Core Nations inthe Eurofighter programme, NETMA originallyissued a Request for Proposal (RfP) toEurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH for the devel-opment of an Active Electronically ScannedArray (AESA) Radar (E-Scan) in July 2012 andin November 2012, Eurofighter responded toNETMA, delivering the technical and financialoffer – in January 2013 at the customer’s request – an enhanced offer with increasedAir-Surface and Electronic Attack capabilitywas submitted and negotiations are under-way to agree a contract this year. It’s all partof normal development plans when addingsuch a complex and highly advanced capabilityto a fast jet fighter.

To create, build and deliver one of the mostadvanced, complex and capable aircraft onthe planet requires the collective and co-operative input of many brains and much experience.

Eurofighter Typhoon is the manifestationof one of the best examples of this in theworld. Industrial partnership and collabora-tion across four international partner compa-nies has resulted in the largest and most suc-cessful European defence programme to date.It’s a programme that has already deliveredover 370 aircraft to an ever-widening cus-tomer base with many more to come.

At the centre of this partnership and collaboration is a proven model of technologytransfer and knowledge-base sharing. What’smade it work is the will to do it and the re-wards it can bring to each partner country andthe customers who join the EurofighterTyphoon community.

This summer, as Eurofighter WORLD goesto press, it does so on the back of a series ofsummit meetings and conferences whereEurofighter partners have openly discussedand delivered on a rolling plan of capability in-sertion and development for an aircraft recog-nised as ‘young but mature’ with a lifespan ofoperation around the world which will go wellpast 2030.

The seven-strong customer base and sup-porting industrial and supply base which underpins the Eurofighter community is aunique and potent construct and a powerfuleconomic engine for the sustainment of jobs,know-how and competitive advantage. Thevalue of the intellectual property shared within that community should not be underestimated.

So what are the foundations that make thisconstruct successful?

Well first, it is built around the fundamentalprinciple of partnership. In other words, apartnership centred around equal access forall partners to advanced European workingpractices, manufacturing techniques, techno-logical advances, capability development andenhancements.

Secondly it is a partnership built onstrength, not only of Europe’s leading aero-space companies, but also the depth andbreadth of a supply chain involving over 400companies.

Finally, there is the issue of security. Anycustomer can take confidence from a supplierthat is supported by seven nations and thethree largest European aerospace and defence companies, which together providesecurity of supply.

And here’s the thing. As an increasinglyaustere world looks to manufacturing and thevalue of intellectual property as a catalyst forchange and recovery, Eurofighter offers theright ingredients to feed that need.

In fact Eurofighter’s approach to industrialpartnership offers the potential for the manu-facture of up to 90 per cent of the Typhoonproduct. The implications of this for a newcustomer wanting to develop their own aero-space capabilities are not insignificant. Forexample, the production of high value air-frame components, fully optimised for massand strength, helps stimulate and pump-primeindigenous capability, so important to manywhen considering major procurement programmes.

Martin Elbourne,something of anevangelist when itcomes to industrialpartnership, hasbeen working forEurofighter for twoyears. Now an activecampaigner on busi-

ness development opportunities for Typhoon,he says: ‘For me it is all about an unrivalled in-dustrial partnership built on equality,strength and security, the benefits of whichare currently being enjoyed by our existingcustomers. Based on this demonstrable trackrecord, new customers can also capitalise onthese benefits and gain access to advanced

technology from across the Eurofighter com-munity be it platform related, or indeed relat-ed to the partners extensive product rangewhich exists across the Air, Land, Maritimeand Cyber Security sectors. In short we aretalking about joining an unrivalled partnershipwhich can provide an optimum platform forthe development of an aerospace and defencecapability.’

PARTNERSHIP THROUGH INDUSTRY –

THE EUROFIGHTER WAY...

The radar has a wide field of regard which is 50%wider than traditional fixed plate AESA systems

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breathing. It is the only system that offersa 360 degree dome linked into a multiplicityof high-grade projectors, including six target projectors as well as the ability tolink in with other ASTA systems by LAN orWAN for the full battle scenario experience.

The high fidelity of the system accuratelyreplicates real aircraft behaviour.Fundamentally though what it means is flying hours can be used more safely and efficiently, airframe life can be extended,and higher operational availability can beachieved as pilots benefit from what ASTAhas to offer on the ground.

So, looking in more detail at the specificsthat make ASTA special, what’s the view ofthose who run and train with ASTA?

Eurofighter’s Erik Heinzmann is theOperational Factors Senior Manager for ASTA. He says: “It is obvious that the needsfor a training mission of a new, young pilotare different from those of a senior weapon-instructor who would primarily use it forevaluating tactics. Even though the aircraftis the same the pilot concentrates on com-pletely different areas as does the instruc-tor sitting at the console. Both are prepa-ration for a real mission, which have tolook like the real thing and offer typicalfeatures as expected by the instructor atthe console.

Millions of people around the world willhave marvelled at The Matrix when theWachowski brothers film hit cinemas withits quirky mix of ‘bullet-time’ slow-mo’s’ andsimulated reality. The film showed an inter-action between technology and the realworld that made for pure fantasy but whichwas compelling viewing.

In fact, in the world of the EurofighterTyphoon, the relationship between realityand simulation has never been closer – andwhile it may not be at Matrix levels – it iscausing something of a stir as pilots aroundthe world get to grips with an awesometraining capability which puts the Eurofighteroffering right at the front of the pack.

‘ASTA’ stands for Aircrew SyntheticTraining Aid. It’s a system that underpinsthe Eurofighter Typhoon training pro-gramme and which offers pilots the oppor-tunity to ‘fly’ in a wide range of environ-ments and train for any number of differentmission scenarios.

Five nations are already operating thefull ASTA training experience to Typhoon pilots – Germany, the UK, Italy, Spain andAustria. More are likely to follow.

What makes ASTA special is depth andrealism of simulation training on offer.Pilots benefit from extreme realism with afull cockpit, full immersion and even air

IF YOU THOUGHT THE MATRIX WAS GOOD –

YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT ‘ASTA’

“The mission of the young pilot might include some malfunctions of aircraft sys-tems and maybe a rejoin on the lead aircrafttogether with an instrument approach inbad weather (typical student sortie), anothermission might include a clever tactical moveagainst a smart opponent, equipped withsophisticated EW gear and state of the artweapons.

“A pilot focuses on completely differentareas during a bad weather approach whencompared with a pilot employing hisweapons under EW conditions and beingtargeted by the enemy at the same time.Ultimately, the databases of the simulationas well as the scenario generating systemhave to cater for both. The IOS (InstructorOperating Station) has to support preciseexecution of all required actions in a timelymanner. The Debriefing Facility (DBF) mustbe capable of reviewing everything, even ac-tions of the enemy, the environment or thepilot, even those which were not observedand/or highlighted during the mission.”

Erik adds: “To give the pilot a real feelingof flying, he has to use his own flying gear,which includes helmet, Helmet MountedSymbology System (HMSS) if installed in theaircraft, g-suit which will inflate under Gs,motion cueing and the Mission Data (MD),which have to be the same as in his aircraft.

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“A pilot should not feel the difference priorto "step time" whether he is in the simulatoror the aircraft. Once sitting in the simulatorit has to feel like the aircraft. Hands OnThrottle-And-Stick (HOTAS), buttons, switch-es, cockpit lights etc. have to not only looklike the aircraft, but also feel like it too.”

While Erik says cognitive abilities basedon sensory stimuli such as sound, touch orsmell can all be honed to perform better ifthe simulator is equipped and built with theright components he says the key compo-nent of the visual system is one of the mostvital to get right.

“Not only does the human body rely up to80% on this sensor, especially in flying, thesensor "eye" also covers a lot of tasks. So aVisual System with 360 degrees in azimuth,plus 90 degrees in positive elevation anddownward look angles, as low in degrees asthe pilot can see from his usual viewpoint isa big bonus if it can be deployed.”

He says other visual considerations haveto be made too. “ On a clear sky day, how farcan I see a certain aircraft, Surface-to-airmissile (SAM) site looking down, looking atthe horizon or the blue sky? What does a pilot see when the sun dazzles him, or ashadow is covering something? All this mustbe presentable, repeatable and debriefablein an FMS.”

As if all this wasn’t complicated enough,if a fast-jet simulator is really to offer a realistic and valuable experience then theopponent’s performance levels andweapons capability also needs to be accu-rately replicated. The effect of speed and altitude on weapons and aircraft perfor-mance needs to be accurately replicated – ifeven just one of these elements doesn’twork then the FMS training could be regardedas negative training and could do more damage then help.

Lastly, there is networking. If FMS areworking together in different locations then itis essential that all the appropriate data inthe same combat arena can be deployed toeach FMS in real time without missing any data.

The ASTA facilities deployed forEurofighter across the five nations do all ofthe above. As Lieutenant Colonel StephanMohler, one of Typhoon’s most experienceFlying Instructors recently said: “We coverevery possible scenario in ASTA trainingwith our students. It is a highly effective andcost effective way of ensuring focused andvaluable training – and it means – coupledwith the training the students do in the realaircraft, when they go to their Squadronsthey are already experience in covering offall the key aspects needed.”

ASTA is a unique and important trainingtool. It allows pilots to experience the mostrealistic training environment possible in aneffective and cost-efficient way. It allows pilots to perform and rehearse missionsthat simply would not be possible in peace-time due to safety and peacetime restric-tions; it enables pilots to work with realelectronic warfare data and to practiseshooting and training tactics with expensiveweapons – without the associated costs.

It is an invaluable asset to theEurofighter programme.

Eurofighter and Tornado ManagementAgency) and increased power in deciding development priorities. This has already borne fruit.

It’s a win-win situation. Eurofighter customers get a more capable fighter, newforeign partners get technology transfer andset the pace, and the Eurofighter consortiumitself gets a more exportable product to buildextra sales. It also allows all parties to sharecosts across the customer base.

These developments represent a signifi-cant sea-change in defence procurement.Previously UK–funded military aerospace projects had entered service with Britain’sarmed services, to then be available for export. Moving into the future, export customer-funded technology and integration,will now trickle back to HM armed forces.

Whilst this may be a reversal of what wasonce the status quo, one constant factor thatwill remain is that ‘as used by the RAF’ will always be a valuable cachet and seal of quality.

The final factor influencing this accelera-tion in Typhoon development is an awarenessthat, after ten years of COIN and the war ofterror, future conflicts are likely to be com-pletely different than the permissive air envi-ronments of the past decade.

The ground-centric emphasis of the pastdecade is now being replaced with a renewedinterest in the sea and air environments — perhaps best exemplified by the US ‘pivot’ toAsia-Pacific. And while the UAS sector

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continues to expand, there are questions overhow suited many of the current platformswould be to any country or opponent witheven a basic air defence or fighter capability.

Indeed, while the past decade has seenonly one clean sheet western fighter designemerge in the form of the F-35, the referencecombat aircraft that the Typhoon was designed to beat, the Su-27 (and its deriva-tives) has now been joined by new potentialthreat aircraft in the form of the PAK-FA, J-20and J-31.

But there is also another aspect in that thesuccess of stealth or low-observable plat-forms since the F-117’s combat debut hasspurred anti-stealth radar and detection tech-nology by both friendly and not-so friendlypowers. Bi-static passive detection methodsthreaten to erode the edge of stealth aircraftand their unique advantage.

Put simply, while any new fighter now willbe designed with LO features built-in, thecoming proliferation of anti-stealth technology will reducethe gap between a stealth aircraft and a non-stealth aircraft with a good jammerand EW systems.

This means Typhoon, withits advanced DASS (DefensiveAid Sub System), towed decoys and supersonic ma-noeuvrability will remain effective even into the post-stealth era.

Eurofighter progress hassometimes been subtle – butit has been there. Part of thedifficulty in assessing thatprogress is the fact that theEurofighter is very much anavionics and software-ledfighter – with little to show onthe outside. The other hasbeen the ‘catch all’ terminologyof the three ‘Tranches’, sepa-rate umbrella agreements between the partner nationsand the Eurofighter consortium.

Says Bob Smith: “Wherewe are today is on the firstbatch of enhancements thatgive greater capability in theair-to-surface role.” He says:“For this batch of enhance-ments to Tranche 2 we are doing them in twophases, Phase A (P1EA) and Phase B (P1EB).Phase A is finished and we have delivered allthe evidence for clearance to service to thefour launch nations. When the UK has gonethrough its release to service process, thisnew capability will be put on to UK aircraft.That will give ‘swing-role’ capability with addi-tional improvements to the man-machine interface.”

This will enable pilots to simultaneouslyand consecutively employ both A-A and A-Gweapons. The updates also include integrationof Paveway IV and EGBU16 laser and GPSguided bombs, as well as the (HMSS HelmetMounted Symbology System) now beingopened up for air-to-surface use — an updatethat will give the Typhoon pilot the ability tosimply glance at ground targets to slew thetargeting pod on them and designate them.Says Smith: “The helmet is a brand-new preci-sion piece of kit, opening up a new era in pilotcapability.”

Other near-term enhancements, accordingto Smith, include the Iris-T A-A missile integra-tion having some digital updates, upgrades tothe DASS and also the multifunction informa-tion distribution systems (MIDS). Additionally,the Typhoon is set to receive improvements tothe attack and navigation computer redundancy,along with upgraded IFF.

Differences between Tranche 1 and 2 havenow been rationalised with an upgrade pack-age to Tranche 1 aircraft called Drop 2 whichis now set to be rolled out by the RAF to its en-tire T1 fleet. The upgrade package covers en-hancements to a wide range of avionic sys-tems including displays, attack and navigation, DASS and communication.

Part of that ‘mood change’, at least in theUK, can be attributed to the intention ofBritish Governments to rebalance the economyaway from the finance and services sectorand boost manufacturing. The UK PrimeMinister, David Cameron, has pledged that development of Eurofighter capabilities will be prioritised.

It is also part of the MoD’s ten-year equip-ment spending plan to 2022. Support forTyphoon development, in the face of difficulteconomic times, is also now coming from outside the traditional European Eurofighter partner nations and from export customers.

They can see the chance to not only boosttheir air forces with a more capable version ofthe fighter, but also to invest in and sharetechnology that will feed into their own aero-space industries. For instance, in 2012 SaudiArabia took on a bigger role on the programme, with a seat on NETMA (NATO

In December 2012, BAE andEurofighter celebrated a key winin Oman – with 12 Typhoons andan additional eight Hawk AJTtrainers. It is one of a number ofopportunities that are now com-ing good for an aircraft whose potency continues to grow as it matures.

While the mainstream mediahas often misunderstood Typhoon seeing it asa Cold War air defence fighter, the plan to increase its multi-role capabilities has alwaysbeen there.

“What it’s been designed for, first and fore-most…” Says Bob Smith, Engineering Director,Combat Air, at BAE Systems, “is an air superi-ority fighter. It’s highly agile, and has a bigwing with 13 weapon stations. Those 13 stations create the ability to have quite a flexible ‘swing-role’ weapon load. You can

have air-to-air or air-to-ground but the key capability is to have the mix — you can dothem both in the same mission.”

Ironically, given some perceptions, thecomplexity of Eurofighter’s four partner nations and their related aerospace champi-ons, BAE, EADS and Alenia, has producedsome advantages.

It has provided guaranteed sales to fourEuropean air forces. It has meant that the programme has been insulated to some extent from politician’s whims. And, and mostimportantly, the partners have the resourcesto self-fund improved capabilities.

While gaining consensus in some areasmight have cost some time, the Eurofighterpartners have kept the faith by funding key technologies and conducting R&D ready for the mood to change against a background of dif ficult global economic challenges.

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Tim Robinson is Editorof AerospaceInternational, the monthly magazine ofthe Royal AeronauticalSociety. Here he reports as a GuestAuthor for EurofighterWORLD.

TYPHOON –THE BEST IS YET TO COMEA COMBINATION OF STRONG FUNDING, DEMANDING EXPORT CUSTOMERS AND HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL BACKINGMEANS EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON IS NOW SET TO UNLOCK ITS TRUE MULTI-ROLE POTENTIAL.

Top: Eurofighter Typhoon in action during Operation EllamyBelow: A Tranche 3 fuselage takes shape...

The Helmet Mounted Symbology System (HMSS) is a brand-new precision piece of kit, opening up a new era in pilot capability.

imagination” to take this even further.Related research work already underwaymay at some point turn a single-seatTyphoon into a ‘virtual twin-seater’ with thesecond ‘AI’ crewmember providing enhanced situational awareness, suggest-ing courses of action, or perhaps even flyingthe aircraft back to base should the pilot become incapacitated. Although thissounds like science fiction, some of BAE’swork on autonomy for the civil ASTRAEAUAS project is already laying the ground-work for this advanced ‘computer co-pilot’.

Aided by a smart AI as a ‘virtual WSO’,the potential ‘Super Typhoon’ pilot of 2045,with its AESA radar, thrust vectoring and extra range thanks to CFTs will be part of anextremely capable multi-role platform.

As the F-15E Strike Eagle demonstrates,converting an air superiority fighter into amultirole strike aircraft produces a phenom-enal platform. Says Bob Smith: “If you reallywant to build a multirole combat aircraftthen build an extremely capable fighter first.”

Smith says that the Super Typhoon of2045 might also include LO tweaks such asstealth pods (such as proposed for theInternational F/A-18E/F Super Hornet) orother measures to reduce its RCS – and itmight also become a UAV or UCAV missioncommander.

Explains Smith: “By that time there willbe a lot more unmanned vehicles flyingaround and it would be an interesting con-cept, because of the interoperability capa-bility, to operate a few UAVs from a Typhooncockpit.” Potentially, the Typhoon pilotcould then command an AIwingman, perhaps to clear airdefences out of the way. “Youcould see yourself being in a situation where not only haveyou got onboard capability onyour own aircraft but you are con-trolling airborne capability too.”

Again while this might seem like sciencefiction, the UK has already undertaken ‘UAVwingman’ trials using a Tornado and BAC-1-11(as a surrogate UAV). Indeed, one could alsoimagine that the Eurofighter’s direct voiceinput (DVI) system (where the pilot can already set radio frequencies, check fueland even designate targets) could even beused to command robot UCAV wingman.

It may have taken a while to get to thispoint, but the full gale force of Typhoon isnow set to be unleashed.

Hang on to your hats.

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A glimpse of what the Eurofighter Typhoon might look like in the years to come

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fighter, for example, has been beefed up totake the 100kg extra weight of the E-ScanAESA radar, which could enter service in2017. Additionally, the high-speed datatransfer capacity has also been increasedon the Tranche 3A to take advantage ofthese new sensors.

These key changes are further evidenceof a ‘future proofed’ aircraft ready to accepta significant leap in its capabilities. WithMeteor and Storm Shadow next on the agendafor integration (Meteor was fired from aTyphoon in late 2012), future weapons couldalso include the UK’s stand-off precisionSPEAR. Smith says that the Typhoon’s AESAradar integration is likely to be phased inover two or three steps, with a baselineradar which will be followed by a more sophisticated follow-on version.

THE SUPER TYPHOON OF 2045

Bob Smith says the aircraft has “probablyanother 30-40 years” of service life ahead ofit. Indeed, given the current trend of militaryaircraft, that may be a conservative esti-mate. So, what might any hypothetical‘Super Typhoon’ of 2045 look like?

The first RAF Typhoons to receive this pack-age have been the fighters participating inthis year’s Red Flag exercises at Nellis, withthe rest of front-line squadrons to follow.Additionally, other Eurofighter nations arealso looking with interest at upgrading theirTranche 1 fighters with this Drop 2 package.

Enhancement package 2, says Smith, iscurrently being ‘debated now’ and there is afocus on Storm Shadow and MeteorBVRAAM, along with MIDS upgrades, enhanced on-board data recording and upgrades to ASRAAM.

One concrete example of the next stageof Eurofighter development is already herein the form of the Tranche 3A Typhoon currently at Warton (see photo on previouspage) and destined for the RAF. Only twosmall bumps on the rear of the fuselage area giveaway that this is not your normalEurofighter. These are rear mounting attachments for conformal fuel tanks (CFTs).

The Tranche 3, has increased fuel capacityand there are also new fuel dump nozzlesunder each wing. Key fuselage frames arealso strengthened for the extra weight ofthe 4,500lb CFTs. There are also furtherchanges under the skin. The nose of the

First, for the UK customer it will have tobe interoperable with the F-35 providing theRAF with a flexible and dynamic air controlcapability. It is also likely to incorporate anew glass cockpit as part of a mid-life update, leveraging consumer technologysuch as iPad-style large displays.

More futuristically, Smith also talks ofthe Typhoon of 2045 being a ‘hybrid’ airplatform – incorporating new levels of autonomy to help the pilot. He says a hybridmanned vehicle with autonomous capabilityis an interesting byproduct of unmanned vehicles and manned vehicles.

Smith notes that the Typhoon’s advancedMMI (along with ‘carefree handling’), whichallows the pilot to concentrate on the mission, mean it is “not a far stretch of the

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And what about stealth? For some, itshapes everything they do. But at a cost. Forothers it is a factor in the total mix. Perhapsmore important is the ability to prosecute themission whilst operating beyond visual range– or to have the carrying capacity and thepower and agility to seamlessly switch between air to air and air to ground attack –or even do both simultaneously. Typhoon cando this. And we believed it offers the best de-fensive aids systems currently available.

Of course none of this is matters if your pilot is not operating in the optimum environ-ment. It’s all useless if he can’t make deci-sions quick enough – or if he can’t access theinformation he needs in the most efficient waypossible.

Typhoon puts man and machine moreclosely in synch with each other than any other fighter in the world. A Typhoon pilot islinked umbilically through his HelmetMounted Symbology System to his aircraft’ssoftware systems – both weapons and operat-ing systems. It gives him what has been estab-lished as a 20:1 hit rate advantage over conventional platform/pilot combinations.And that bestows on Typhoon the kind of potency others can only dream of.

SUPPORTAnd then there is support. Any customerprocuring an expensive item needing through-life care will want to know that right level ofcost-efficient support is in place to offer thatcare. So a provider who already has six na-tions operating his aircraft and a seventh onthe books is clearly likely to be on solidground when it comes to optimising throughlife support. Typhoon is that provider.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER & INDUSTRIAL PARTICIPATIONAny claims to effectively promote technologytransfer and industrial participation should beevidence-led. The very construct of theEurofighter Typhoon programme has been built around four nations transferring

technological know-how and actively promoting industrial participation – not just inthe core programme but also in the muchwider supplier base. And the consortium hasdone this with its export customers too.

Eurofighter recognises that a possessiveand insular approach to the sharing of tech-nology and the promotion of industrial partic-ipation can leave customers feeling some-times excluded and vulnerable – and if political situations change they could evenfind themselves with an effectively redundantinvestment. Right from the outset we factor inthese concerns and work to minimise or eveneradicate them.

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CAPABILITYCapability can only really be optimised if thefundamental elements of an aircraft platformare correctly conceived and balanced. Is thepower-plant adequate? Is redundancy built intoit? Have the materials used to construct theairframe been optimised for lightness andstrength? For Typhoon, on all these counts,the answer is ‘yes’. And then there is the bal-ance between agility and carrying capacity.Are there enough hardpoints? Can the air-frame adapt to and accommodate future upgrades? Again Typhoon has been conceivedwith this in mind from the outset. Flexible andadaptable.

OUR APPROACHThe procurement of a fast-jet multi-role fighterfor any customer is a major undertaking. Werecognise this. Much has to be taken into con-sideration. The capabilities of the platform,the capabilities of the weapons and systems itcarries. The combined capabilities of thesethree things working together. We also recog-nise that in procuring such a capability thecustomer will, not unnaturally, require somesovereign capability and will want to maximiseboth the opportunities for technology transfer andindustrial participation.

None of this will matter if the aircraft is tooexpensive to run, or prohibitively difficult tomaintain and keep in the air – or worse still,after a substantial initial outlay – the aircraftand the systems that support it are not future-proofed in such a way that upgrade and en-hancement is a natural part of evolution.

Meeting these pre-requisites makes for anintelligent choice. Meeting these pre-requi-sites are the foundation stones upon whichthe Eurofighter programme has been built.Understand this and you understand the DNAthat runs through everything we do.

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FUTURE-PROOFINGTyphoon was designed from the start withthe future in mind. Technology changes, requirements change. A platform with a lim-ited scope to accommodate these changescould be a severely restricted investment.

Typhoon was never designed as a ‘onesize fits all’ solution. Even in stable techno-logical times different customers will want toplay to different strengths and capabilities.We recognise this, and the agile and hot production lines that support Typhoon manufacture and development are wellgeared to flex as needed – and have thedepth and capacity to do so.

It’s a strong story. It’s our story. It’s theEurofighter Typhoon story.

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SERIES PRODUCTION - STATUSUnited Kingdom: 136 a/c delivered +++ Germany: 101 a/c delivered+++ Spain: 49 a/c delivered +++ Italy: 69 a/c delivered +++ Austria:15 a/c delivered +++ Saudi Arabia: deliveries started +++ In Total: 370 production a/c + 1 fatigue test delivered +++

ORDER 719 under contract and 571 aircraft ordered +++ ordered by seven nations +++ Germany +++ Italy +++ Spain +++ United Kingdom +++Austria +++ Kingdom of Saudi Arabia +++ Sultanate of Oman +++

FLYING HOURSsix air forces have accumulated over 186,000 flying hours +++

EUROFIGHTER EXPORT CUSTOMERS+++ Austria +++ Kingdom of Saudi Arabia +++ Sultanate of Oman +++

PARTNER NATIONS+++ United Kingdom +++ Germany +++ Spain +++ Italy +++

MARKET OPPORTUNITIESUnited Arab Emirates +++ Malaysia +++ Qatar +++ Kuwait +++Republic of Korea +++ India +++ Denmark +++ Poland +++

EUROFIGHTER PROGRAMME JOBS +++ more than 100,000 jobs across 400 companies in Europe +++Germany: 25,000 +++ Italy: 24,000 +++ Spain: 22,000 +++ United Kingdom: 40,000 +++

FACTS & FIGURES

United Kingdom:Coningsby no. 3, 11, 17 and 29 sqnMount Pleasant no. 1435 Flight RAFLeuchars no. 1 and 6 sqnGermany: Laage JG 73 SteinhoffNeuburg JG 74 Nörvenich JGB 31 Bölcke Spain: Morón 111 sqn, 113 sqnAlbacete 142 sqn Italy: Grosseto 9 and 20 Gruppo Gioia del Colle X and XII GruppoTrapani 18 Gruppo Austria: Überwachungsgeschwader,ZeltwegKingdom of Saudi Arabia: In-Service

30% Cassidian Germany 13% Cassidian Spain 19.5% Alenia Aermacchi 37.5% BAE Systems

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