Added: Aug 20, 2008
From: zeoul001
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The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine multi-role canard-delta strike fighter aircraft, designed and built by a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers through Eurofighter GmbH which was formed in 1986. However studies began as early as 1979 into what would become the Eurofighter Typhoon.The series production of the Eurofighter Typhoon is now underway and the aircraft has formally entered service with the Italian Air Force and with the Spanish Air Force. 'Initial Operational Capability' is expected to be declared by Germany and the United Kingdom later this decade. Austria has purchased 18 Typhoons, while Saudi Arabia signed a contract on 18 August 2006 for 72 to be built by BAE Systems.Its combination of agility, performance, stealth features and advanced avionics make it one of the most capable fighter aircraft currently in service.Compared to its rivals, Typhoon's cockpit and man/machine interface are claimed to be significantly advanced and intuitive, resulting in a lower pilot workload, building on the early glass cockpits pioneered by aircraft like the F/A-18 and Mirage 2000, looking similar, but working in a much more intuitive and effective way, with given operations requiring fewer pilot inputs. The conventional HOTAS-concept was enhanced with a direct voice input system to allow the pilot to perform mode selection and data entry procedures.The Typhoon's combat performance, particularly compared to the new F-22A Raptor and the upcoming F-35 fighter under development in the United States and the Dassault Rafale developed in France, has been the subject of much speculation. While making a reliable assessment is impossible with available information, there is a study by the UK's DERA comparing the Typhoon to other contemporary fighters. In it, the Typhoon was second only to the F-22A in combat performance.In March 2005, United States Air Force Chief of Staff General John P. Jumper, then the only person to have flown both the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Raptor, talked to Air Force Print News about these two aircraft. He said that "the Eurofighter is both agile and sophisticated, but is still difficult to compare to the F/A-22 Raptor. They are different kinds of airplanes to start with; it's like asking us to compare a NASCAR car with a Formula 1 car. They are both exciting in different ways, but they are designed for different levels of performance"Typhoon has always been planned to be a swing role tactical fighter with robust air-to-ground capabilities. However the RAF's urgent air-to-ground requirement has driven the integration of an "austere" air to ground capability, based on the Rafael/Ultra Electronics Litening III laser designator and the Enhanced Paveway II G/LGB, earlier than was originally planned. A more comprehensive air-to-ground attack capability will be achieved for all partner nations later in the decade.The RAF's capability will now be available in the Block 5 aircraft delivered at the end of Tranche 1 and, by retrofit, on all RAF Tranche 1 jets.Testing of the latest air-to-ground Flight Control Software (FCS Phase 5), written by an EADS led team, began in 2006. The software will undergo rigorous testing in all four partner nations and six aircraft will be used for testing and validating the required clearances. Completion of these tests will lead to the final clearances for the Full Operational Capability (FOC) specified under the Main Development Contract. This is expected in early 2007 in time for the first Tranche 1 Block 5 aircraft. Alongside the Phase 5 software tests, the FOC avionics functionality (including the new pilot helmet) is now also undergoing flight testing, following the conclusion of rig tests in 2005. The NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) issued a clearance for flight testing in December 2005.
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WinchesterRanger Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Oh no, they tried to improve stealth in the same way that a tramp will sometimes straighten his tie, but you will notice that even BAe are not saying that anyone will have difficulty picking the aircraft up on radar. If Typhoon ever goes up against a truly stealthy BVR aircraft, it's dead. Next years Red Flag will settle all this once and for all.
MrPikon Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - "but you will notice that even BAe are not saying that anyone will have difficulty picking the aircraft up on radar."Well I'm not sure what you've been reading but this quote came from BAE -"Typhoon's RCS is bettered only by the F-22 in the frontal hemisphere and betters the F-22 at some angles."or Eurofighter GMBH -"The Eurofighter Typhoon is, by any standard, a stealthy aircraft."
WinchesterRanger Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - BAe claim that the Typhoon has an RCS that is one quarter that of a Tornado = that's where you are now.F-15C crews fighting the F-22 have stated that even when they have the Raptor in sight, the weapons system cannot lock on to it = that's where you need to be right now.Like I said, Red Flag will settle this, and I'm quietly confident that after the exercise closes, we won't be hearing any more exaggerated claims about the Typhoon.
MrPikon Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - "BAe claim that the Typhoon has an RCS that is one quarter that of a Tornado"And they have also said that it has an RCS that is 1/10th that of the F-15 ? and in the same way the RCS of the F-22 has been hinted at being anywhere from 0.1 ~ 0.001 m² so no exact numbers for either which isn't exactly surprising is it. I think that the idea is to give people an impression of the aircrafts stealthiness, not to give it's exact RCS away. ;)
MrPikon Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - "that's where you are now."During Singapore's FX evaluation a single Typhoon was pitted against three RSAF block 52 F-16's, all three F-16's where splashed before even detecting the Typhoon; that's where we are now :P
MrPikon Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - "Erm, the only reason that ASRAAM works is because the US (in the form of Hughes) supplied you with a focal plane array seeker head"Well that's one way of looking at it ... of course I wonder if you would be as keen to apply the same logic to the BAE designed avionics that are found on the F-22 ? ;)
MrPikon Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - "You missed out the entire F-22 fleet and the word is they're not there."Not at all as I said twice already "with the exception of the APG-77", credit where it's due ! :)"but I know which set has actually worked in combat and which one is still a paper warrior."and which fighter are you saying has operated with an AESA radar in combat WinchesterRanger ?
MrPikon Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - "Methinks you had forgotten the question of external stores affecting RCS"Not at all I've explained why the EF should have a low-rcs with an AtA configuration and for first day strike why risk hundreds of millions of dollars using a manned stealth aircraft when you have stealth cruise missiles like Storm-Shadow or Taurus :P
MrPikon Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - "Take a look at the numbers on the F119 and you'll see why."I'm already familiar with the figures that are available for the F119 and I'm not denying it's an impressive engine but I'm not sure your so familiar with the EJ200 ... in what areas do you believe the F119 to be more advanced WinchesterRanger ?
atomecks Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - What's with the F-22 vs Typhoon argument?All countries that operate or will operate the Typhoon are US allies.What's more important is if both the F-22 and Typhoon can defeat any current or upcoming MiG or Sukhoi fighter.
MrPikon Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Truebrit2007, So far Saudi Arabia has ordered 72 Typhoons with a possible 24 more in the near future. The UK is due to receive 144 aircraft from tranche 1 & 2 alone with 88 more in tranche 3, making a total of 232 Typhoons in RAF service eventually. So Saudi Arabia will most likely never have a higher number than the UK, Germany or Italy although they will have a higher number than Austria's 15 and possibly Spain's 87 Typhoons.
787maverick Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - saudi arabia is realy good friends with america, in fact if america stopped buying oil from them they will be crewd because america is 1/3 of their oil costumers. as far as history saudi arabia has always been a peaceful country and if you bring the saudi 9/11 argument. osama bin laden him self has stated that he has hand picked saudies intentionally to cause tensions beyween saudi arabia and USA
SteveLeeLondon Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Brit technology "crap"? In Kosovo the USAF fired over 100 HARM missiles trying to take out a hostile SAM. The RAF fired one (British designed) ALARM -- and killed the SAM first try. It is (by far) the most effective anti RADAR missile in the world.
SteveLeeLondon Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Part2: In the Gulf I, the Iraqi's fired two silkworm missiles at the USS Missouri, the much-vaunted US Phalanx CISW system aboard the USS Jarrett locked onto Missouri's chaff instead on the silkworm -- luckily for the US Navy, the third ship in the patrol was HMS Gloucester, which locked its ancient sea-dart onto, and successfully destroyed the incoming silkworm -- the other silkworm failed. That is the only known missile to missile kill in combat conditions -- ever.
SteveLeeLondon Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Part3: Iraq, British Challenger tanks were taking out Iraqi tanks at ranges of over 4000 metres, a 1000 metres beyond what the "better" M1s could manage at the time. The M1 has also proved to be much more fragile in combat -- the "skirts" on the challenger deflected RPG strikes that were (and still do) putting M1s out of service. Active armour? Brit invention, ditto for "shaped charges".
SteveLeeLondon Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Part4, The current Astute class British Submarines rolling into service now are at least 6 years ahead of anything the US have, the US are 10 years ahead of everyone else -- The Astute class is quite simply the stealthiest and most advanced submarine in the world. Hell a DIESEL Chinese sub managed to sneak up on one of your fleet on manoeuvres recently!
TalesOfWar Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - It beats it on rediculous cost too. For the very small difference in performance of the two aircraft, the EF is by far better if price is one of the factors seeing as it's almost as good or better but far far less.
chinsup Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - no most are talked about from so called experts read the BBC page on the EFnews bbc co uk/1/hi/business/1818077 stmThe BBC is goverment owned btw
huyeylatn Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - ha some idiot replied to my tha the uro fighter was made by the whole of europ lol
rohesilmnelohe Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - They are just trying to defend their own...But for your knowledge..RAF and USAF put these two into simulated combat against each-other and against ground targets.(Like you, I didn't see the point) Eurofighter won by A SMALL margin overall. But I have to admit...there are situations where Raptor would be way better.
addyduss Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - This one is for training?
em745aa Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - -"But for your knowledge..RAF and USAF put these two into simulated combat against each-other"Now where did you hear this lofty tale, some EF fanboy forum?
SilentShadow7r7 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - anyone know the song or songs used for this vid? by the way, great vid, i'm not much of an EF200 fan, but still, i have to admit, it's got impressive agility even without the use of tvc.
antonellogaliano Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - what is the name of this song???please....
WinchesterRanger Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - ...and then the enemy sees you and you get shot down. (Methinks you had forgotten the question of external stores affecting RCS). Perhaps the Nimrod is your only true stealth aircraft ;-)Not really my idea of versatility.