Eurofighter Typhoon !

personnellement je serait CEM British je prendrai des rafales M pour mes porte avions

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su-24m2 a écrit:

l'eurofighter peut être aussi décliné en version navalisée mais aucun des pays qui l'ont commandé n'a exprimé le bsoin d'une telle version , l'eurofighter est tout aussi capable en air sol ce n'est qu'une question de temps avant le raffinnement des modes air sol du radar et l'intégration de l'armement ,

Non l'Eurofighter n'est pour le moment pas capable de tirer d'armement sophistiqués. Les GBU sont en cours d'intégration mais il y a encore de nombreuses études et essais longs à mener avant d'avoir un domaine de tir opérationnel.

L'Eurofighter serait très difficilement navalisable => nouveau train d'atterrissage, nouvelle structure du fuselage, nouveaux dispositifs hypersustentateurs => nouvel avion => 10 ans d'études et d'essais. Alors déjà qu'il est hyper cher et en retard!!!.

Question raffinement des modes air sol de l'Eurofighter, je me demande desquels nous parlons puisqu'il n'en a quasiment aucun pour le moment.

Les Anglais et autres pays utilisateurs n'ont pas encore osé le confronter à d'autres machines dans de grands exercices internationaux comme Red Flag et encore moins moins l'essayer en Afganistan (et pour cause il ne peut même pas tirer de la bombe lisse...)

Question système d'arme (en ce qui concerne le Rafale par exemple ou le SU30), ni Thalès ni SAGEM ne sont des manchots qui attendent après les US pour développer des systèmes ultra modernes et efficaces. Ce n'est pas pour rien que Sukhoi les a sélectionné pour nombre de systèmes intégrés sur les SU 30 etc. De même SAAB avait choisi Thalès pour l'AESA du Super Gripen proposé au Brésil.

Maintenant si nous parlons d'hypothétiques déclinaisons futures et de développement ultérieurs qui ne sont qu'une question de temps et de moyens, alors tous les avions de la création du monde peuvent potentiellement effectuer toutes les missions imaginables de manière forcément excellente.

su-24m2 a écrit:

l'eurofighter est bel et bien multirôle comme tous les avions modernes et cela depuis le f 16 , l'appareil européen est capable de tirer toutes les munitions air sol modernes dans ses versions à venir y'a pas de toute .

en plus il sera certifié pour toute la panoplie air sol de l'industrie occidentale y compris l'armement israélien contrairement au rafale équipé en premier lieu d'équipements et d'armements français qui ne sont pas " battle tested "

Mais c'est tout le contraire!!!!

Le Typhoon ne tire rien du tout en A/S pour le moment alors que le Rafale tire déjà toute la gamme des Mk82/84, GBU12/22/24/49 (E-GBU12), des AASM, des SCALP-EG/APACHE, AM39, Missiles A/A (Magic/Sidewinder, MICA et bientôt Meteor) sans parler du nuke etc...et qui est battle tested alors que l'Eurofighter en est à des années!!! Le Rafale a tiré des GBU et AASM en Afganistan à de nombreuses reprises y compris depuis un Porte-Avions.
C"est bien le Rafale qui est déjà certifié pour toute la panoplie air sol de l'industrie occidentale contrairement à l'Eurofighter qui n'en prend pas le chemin.

Regardons ce qui est, pas ce que nous spéculons qui sera peut être éventuellement dans un futur dont nous n'avons pas les données.

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Non l'Eurofighter n'est pour le moment pas capable de tirer d'armement sophistiqués. Les GBU sont en cours d'intégration mais il y a encore de nombreuses études et essais longs à mener avant d'avoir un domaine de tir opérationnel.

L'Eurofighter serait très difficilement navalisable => nouveau train d'atterrissage, nouvelle structure du fuselage, nouveaux dispositifs hypersustentateurs => nouvel avion => 10 ans d'études et d'essais. Alors déjà qu'il est hyper cher et en retard!!!.

Question raffinement des modes air sol de l'Eurofighter, je me demande desquels nous parlons puisqu'il n'en a quasiment aucun pour le moment.

Les Anglais et autres pays utilisateurs n'ont pas encore osé le confronter à d'autres machines dans de grands exercices internationaux comme Red Flag et encore moins moins l'essayer en Afganistan (et pour cause il ne peut même pas tirer de la bombe lisse...)

Question système d'arme (en ce qui concerne le Rafale par exemple ou le SU30), ni Thalès ni SAGEM ne sont des manchots qui attendent après les US pour développer des systèmes ultra modernes et efficaces. Ce n'est pas pour rien que Sukhoi les a sélectionné pour nombre de systèmes intégrés sur les SU 30 etc. De même SAAB avait choisi Thalès pour l'AESA du Super Gripen proposé au Brésil.

Maintenant si nous parlons d'hypothétiques déclinaisons futures et de développement ultérieurs qui ne sont qu'une question de temps et de moyens, alors tous les avions de la création du monde peuvent potentiellement effectuer toutes les missions imaginables de manière forcément excellente.

Salut Kaitos!!!

À l'heure actuelle c'est vrai que le Rafale est ,par exemple, supérieur à l'Eurofighter dans ses capacités multirole mais pas pour cela le Typhoon est un pire avion ,non?

L'explication à cette situation est simple, un avion - le Typhoon - a été conçu depuis ses origines comme un chasseur de supériorité aérienne auquel ils ont postérieurement décidé de transformer en multirole, tandis que l'autre - le français - a été conçu dès le début comme avion multirole.De toute façon,me paraît un peu absurde comparer aux avions Eurofighters et Rafales actuels, puisqu'ils sont seulement des stades de développement d'une version finale prévue pour les prochaines annés.À mon avis, le juste serait de comparer le programme et développement final de ces avions et pas seulement une partie de ce dernier... Rolling Eyes

Par ailleurs,l'Eurofighter serait très difficilement navalisable,d'accord,mais aucun des pays du consortium a montré en ce moment l'intérêt de développer cette nouvelle version puisqu'actuellement ils possèdent des avions STOVL et ainsi paraît qu'ils suivront dans le futur.

Quant à l'intégration d'armement air-sol et air-air dans le typhoon, take à look...

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Typhoon, the RAF's newest fighter aircraft, has passed its latest major hurdle on the way to becoming a fully fledged multi-role combat aircraft, with flying colours.

While taking part in Green Flag, a major exercise held at Nellis United States Air Force (USAF) Base in Nevada, seven Typhoons from XI Squadron, based at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, dropped munitions and fired their cannons with such precision that they have been declared combat ready by the target date of 1 July 2008.

[...]Wing Commander Gavin Parker, Officer Commanding XI Squadron, said that during pre-exercise training at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, his squadron worked closely with 17 (Reserve) Squadron, the Typhoon Operational Evaluation Unit, also based at RAF Coningsby, and over a two-week period dropped a total of 67 munitions, comprising 43 Paveway II bombs, eight enhanced Paveway IIIs and 16 1,000 lb (454kg) free fall weapons. [...]

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/EquipmentAndLogistics/TyphoonProvesItsAirsurfaceCapability.htm

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Yesterday we saw the success of a unique AMRAAM firing trial at Moron Air base in Southern Spain. The trial was the result of close cooperation between the Spanish and British Flight Test Centres of EADS CASA and BAE Systems, under guidance of Eurofighter GmbH, using Eurofighter Typhoons IPA4 and IPA5 - Spanish and British aircraft respectively.

The objective of the testing was to fire the AMRAAM missile from a Eurofighter Typhoon whilst its radar was in passive mode and thus “invisible” for Electronic Support Measures (ESM) Systems. The necessary target data for the missile was acquired by the radar of a second Eurofighter Typhoon and transmitted using the Multi Functional Information Distribution System (MIDS). Both aircraft were separated by quite a distance in range.

This scenario is especially relevant for Eurofighter Typhoon’s Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air combat capability against high level threats, including Low Observable aircraft.

Spain’s IPA4 led the trial as the “firer”, while IPA5 as the “cooperator” illuminated the target with its radar active. This trial is the first known testing of its kind and is the first missile firing that Spain has participated in as part of the Eurofighter Typhoon programme, building on their previous flight test work which includes Meteor environmental testing and air-to-ground weapon trials.

http://www.eurofighter.com/news/20090104_AMRAAMFiring.asp

Très récemment ont été effectués divers essais d'intégration des bombes EGBU-12 de 500 lb. En pensant en Afghanistan ?? Rolling Eyes

Spoiler:

Pour finir,en ce qui concerne aux confrontations entre l'Eurofighter et d'autres avions voici un petit résumé... Wink

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In 2005, a trainer Eurofighter T1 was reported to have had a chance encounter the previous year with two U.S. Air Force F-15Es over the Lake District in the north of England. The encounter became a mock dogfight with the Eurofighter allegedly emerging victorious.

In the 2005 Singapore evaluation, the Typhoon won all three combat tests, including one in which a single Typhoon defeated three RSAF F-16s, and reliably completed all planned flight tests. Singapore still went on to buy the F-15 due to uncertainty over Typhoon tranche 2 delivery dates.

During the exercise "Typhoon Meet" held in 2008, Eurofighters flew against F/A-18 Hornets, Mirage F1s, Harriers and F-16s in a mock combat exercise. It is claimed that the Eurofighters won all engagements (even outnumbered 8 vs 27) without suffering losses.

The aviation magazine "Flug Revue" reports that in 2008 German Typhoon were pitted against French Rafales. The results are said to be "extremely gratifying", the main difference being the "much greater thrust of the EJ200 engine".

http://www.worldmilitary.co.cc/2009/07/eurofighter-typhoon-fighter-aircraft.html

Dans ce résumé, manquent les données des exercices DACT qui ont été effectués aux Iles Canaries (Espagne) il y a plusieurs mois où ont pris part plus de 30 avions et où nos Eurofighters ont été très supérieurs aux avions F-15 Américains de Lakenheath (UK).. Wink

SALUDOS!!

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Saludos AMRAAM,

On est bien d'accord. Les 2 avions ne sont pas optimisés pour les même missions et je ne doute pas que le Typhoon soit un intercepteur tout à fait redoutable.
Je voulais juste remettre les choses à leur places.

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su-24m2 a écrit:

l'eurofighter peut être aussi décliné en version navalisée mais aucun des pays qui l'ont commandé n'a exprimé le bsoin d'une telle version , l'eurofighter est tout aussi capable en air sol ce n'est qu'une question de temps avant le raffinnement des modes air sol du radar et l'intégration de l'armement ,

Non l'Eurofighter n'est pour le moment pas capable de tirer d'armement sophistiqués. Les GBU sont en cours d'intégration mais il y a encore de nombreuses études et essais longs à mener avant d'avoir un domaine de tir opérationnel.

L'Eurofighter serait très difficilement navalisable => nouveau train d'atterrissage, nouvelle structure du fuselage, nouveaux dispositifs hypersustentateurs => nouvel avion => 10 ans d'études et d'essais. Alors déjà qu'il est hyper cher et en retard!!!.

Question raffinement des modes air sol de l'Eurofighter, je me demande desquels nous parlons puisqu'il n'en a quasiment aucun pour le moment.

Les Anglais et autres pays utilisateurs n'ont pas encore osé le confronter à d'autres machines dans de grands exercices internationaux comme Red Flag et encore moins moins l'essayer en Afganistan (et pour cause il ne peut même pas tirer de la bombe lisse...)

Question système d'arme (en ce qui concerne le Rafale par exemple ou le SU30), ni Thalès ni SAGEM ne sont des manchots qui attendent après les US pour développer des systèmes ultra modernes et efficaces. Ce n'est pas pour rien que Sukhoi les a sélectionné pour nombre de systèmes intégrés sur les SU 30 etc. De même SAAB avait choisi Thalès pour l'AESA du Super Gripen proposé au Brésil.

Maintenant si nous parlons d'hypothétiques déclinaisons futures et de développement ultérieurs qui ne sont qu'une question de temps et de moyens, alors tous les avions de la création du monde peuvent potentiellement effectuer toutes les missions imaginables de manière forcément excellente.

l'eurofighter disposera de toute la panoplie air sol moderne , les JDAM ,les SDB ,les paveway ... ainsi que des missiles air sol longue portée taurus ( pour l'espagne et l'allemagne ) y'a plein d'articles qui attestent mes dires ...

il faut disposer de modes air sol pour pouvoir larguer des bombes laser alors que tu prétends que le radar de l'eurofighter n'en dispose pas Rolling Eyes

je peux te confirmer une chose c'est bel et bien nos MIG 29S qui ne disposent pas de modes air sol et donc incapables de larguer des PGM ...

tu sais pourquoi les russes font partenariat avec les français ? parce que c'est les seuls à vouloir travailler avec eux , les français ne ratent pas l'occasion de travailler avec n'importe qui vu qu'ils n'arrvient plus à décrocher des contrats face aux anglo saxons qui proposent un matériel plus avancé technologiquement que l'équivalent français

pourquoi le pod de désignation laser français DAMOCLES n'a pas eu un grand succès en europe face au LITENING israélien ? c'est pas parce que les français manquent de chance ou quoi que ce soit , mais c'est à cause de la qualité et de l'avancée des israéliens et des anglosaxons en matière d'avionique ..

les systèmes de guerre électronique qu'on retrouve sur des avions américains sont en partie britaniques , ou mème suédois ce qui démontre le savoir de pays là . mais rares sont les équipements français achetés par les américains

les armées occidentales font des tests , ils ont des organismes pour la certification des équipements , ceci pour dire qu'ils ne prennent que le meilleur des meilleurs .

dis on le clairement le matériel français n'est pas aussi sophistiqué que celui des anglais , des américains , israéliens ou suédois

PS : le radar du gripen est un dérivé plus petit du captor de l'eurofighter , les suédois vont coopérer avec les français seulement dans le domaine des modules T/R de l'antenne de leur futur radar AESA ,mais la conception du radar Ericsson PS-05 /A en lui meme est anglo suédoise .

akramov a écrit:

personnellement je serait CEM British je prendrai des rafales M pour mes porte avions

ils vont pas laisser un programme d'avion de combat de 5ème GEN qui constitue une révolution en matière d'aviation pour prendre un rafale qui appartient à la génération précédente .

Typhoon vs. SU-30MKI: The 2007 Indra Dhanush Exercise

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/typhoon-vs-su-30mki-the-2007-indra-dhanush-exercise-03470/

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.UK. Pushes On Typhoon Upgrades

The United Kingdom hopes to get Eurofighter partners to define and approve another major round of Typhoon upgrades by the second quarter of 2010 to ensure the capabilities start to reach operator hands in 2014.

A big ambition for Britain is to bolster the aircraft’s ground-attack capability. In particular, the Royal Air Force (RAF) wants to bring fielding of the Brimstone missile as far forward as possible within the upgrade cycle, according to the defense ministry’s assistant head of capability theater airspace, Group Capt. Tony Innes.

Fielding the Meteor missile will likely also be an early element of the so-called Future Capabilities Program 2 (FCP2, or alternatively known as Enhancement Program 2), largely because there is buy-in from all four partners. Introducing the capability to fire the Storm Shadow cruise missile from Typhoon will likely be a later element in what is expected to be a phased FCP2 effort.

Britain also remains interested in fielding an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, although the issue is decoupled from both FCP2 and fielding of Meteor. No decision has been made on the right industrial approach to address the interest in replacing the Captor-M radar with an AESA.

The United Kingdom is provisioning its Tranche 3 aircraft to handle an AESA, while other countries are still debating the issue. Whether an AESA would be retrofitted on Tranche 2 aircraft (the first seven are now in RAF hands) also is not settled.

Industry officials have indicated they want to have firm proposals for the AESA and other upgrade programs ready for customers by year’s end.

The RAF Tranche 3 aircraft also are being prepared to use conformal fuel tanks, which are viewed as attractive once new weapons are fielded that would bar the use of external fuel tanks.

For the United Kingdom, capability upgrades are front and center, with the Tranche 3A buy just put on contract potentially being its last purchase. Air Commodore Chris Bushell, the leader of the Typhoon program in the defense ministry, says Britain has reached a contractually agreed cost cap with the buy of 40 fighters in Tranche 3A, meaning the country does not have to take more aircraft even though larger quantities are called for in the umbrella contract for Typhoon. However, Bushell says a decision on buying more could still be made.

Whether the other Eurofighter partners — Germany, Italy and Spain — will contest London’s argument remains unresolved. Workshare has been linked to how many aircraft a country acquires.

Meanwhile, the RAF also is looking to some near-term Typhoon milestones, including the first deployment to the Falkland Islands to take on the quick reaction alert mission there, and the stand up in October 2010 of 6 Squadron at RAF Leuchars, the second main operating base for Typhoon where three squadrons will eventually be based.

Also next year the first parts of FCP1 are to be delivered, which are heavily communications related. A more meaningful upgrade is pending in 2012, when the full integration of the Litening 3 targeting pod should be achieved and the Paveway 4 bomb is fully cleared. Those upgrades are being made to Tranche 2 aircraft and could clear the way for RAF Typhoons to deploy to Afghanistan — Tranche 1 aircraft have a limited air-to-ground capability, but currently it is seen as unlikely the aircraft will deploy into the combat area.

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gener...oon%20Upgrades

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Typhoon Paveway IV Integration Team Scores Multiple Successes in June

HARLOW --- A Raytheon Paveway IV Precision Guided Bomb was successfully released for the first time, on 18 June, from the Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role fighter in support of Stores Release & Jettison trials.

The Raytheon Systems Limited (RSL)/ BAE Systems Eurofighter Typhoon Integration Team provided significant support in supplying and clearing the Paveway™ IV ballistic rounds for these trials.

A total of 15 releases are planned in the very near future to evaluate the safe Release & Jettison envelope in different aircraft store configurations, attitudes and speeds. The releases are part of the ongoing Eurofighter Typhoon Phase 1 Enhancements programme.

Additionally, on the 9 June the team successfully completed “Gunfire Vibration Trials” involving the live firing of the Typhoon’s MauserWerke BK-27 cannon (mounted internally in the fuselage, forward of the starboard wing) and carriage of six Raytheon Paveway IV inert Precision Guided Bombs. Four of the six Paveway IVs were specially developed Environmental Test Rounds, designed to collect on-weapon and aircraft recorded shock and vibration data in order to characterise the payload configuration.

The “Gunfire Vibration Trials” trial were not originally part of the scheduled performance programme and required a significant degree of agility and dedicated teamwork on the part of RSL and BAE Systems in order to utilise a small window opportunity to achieve this milestone.

Mark Tennison, Head of Typhoon Aircraft Weapons Integration Team at RSL said: “The multiple on-time successes in June for the Typhoon Paveway IV Integration programme indicates the continued health and robustness of the integrated team approach. It also reflects the ability to sustain agility, responsiveness and on-time-delivery in what is both a complex and challenging integration programme, involving a number of different international stakeholders.

“Achieving these milestone successes adds to the continuing high level of confidence that RSL and BAE Systems will deliver the Typhoon Paveway IV capability in line with customer expectations.”

This success follows on from the Operational deployment of Paveway IV in November 2008 on the Harrier GR9 and the recent clearance under an Urgent Operational Requirement for Paveway™ IV deployment on Tornado GR4. The Paveway IV weapon has become the freefall weapon of choice among UK Royal Air Force pilots flying missions in Kandahar, with the weapon’s performance being quoted as “very impressive”.

Raytheon Systems Limited is the U.K.-based subsidiary of Raytheon Company. It is a prime contractor and major supplier to the U.K. Ministry of Defence and has developed strong capabilities in mission systems integration in defence, national security and commercial markets. RSL also designs, develops and manufactures a range of high technology electronic systems and software at its facilities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Raytheon Company, with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide. (ends)

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Eurofighter Instrumented Production Aircraft Complete Key Flight Tests

(Source: Eurofighter GmbH; issued July 7, 2009)

Eurofighter Typhoon’s Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) have been busy lately, pushing forward in the testing of the fleet of development aircraft. IPA 7 recently completed a Paveway IV bomb handling qualities familiarising flight at EADS site in Manching.

The flight, which took two hours and seven minutes, saw the aircraft flying with six Paveway IV bombs, four MRAMMs and two SRAAMs missiles on board, proving the true swing role configuration of the aircraft which only the Eurofighter Typhoon can have with such a range of defence systems.

This test was important in order to prove how the Flight Control System (FCS) reacts with full weaponry loaded. Flown by EADS test pilot Martin Angerer, the successful flight is a key stage in the Phase 1 Enhancements and a photo of the flight can be found in our media library or by clicking here.

Being fully utilised to support IPA 6 in avionics testing, IPA 7 has also completed five Missile Approach Warning (MAW) flights, carried out with the support of a Luftwaffe F-4 Phantom and a Tornado. Come August, a UK based RAF Harrier will also contribute to the MAW trials.

IPA6 has recently undergone a series of DASS test flights as well as Helmet Equipment Assembly (HEA) and Forward Looking Infra-Red (FLIR) flights. IPA 6 is the test bed for the Service Release Package 5.1 which is due to be introduced to in-service aircraft in the near future.

Further recently successful testing saw IPA 1, the UK owned Typhoon aircraft, commence a sequence of fifteen Paveway IV jettison drops. To date 3 successful drops have been performed. The trials see Paveway IV’s dropped in a number of store configurations to ensure safe separation and verify that bombs do not interfere with their neighbours when released.

Carried out over the Irish Sea with a full load of weapons, RAF pilots Rob Elworthy, Duncan Forbes along with Mark Bowman and Paul Stone, test pilots from BAE Systems Warton base, flew the aircraft during the trials.

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http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/106684/eurofighter-advances-paveway-iv-integration,-trials.html#

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Eurojet proposes thrust-vectoring upgrade for Typhoon

Eurofighter and engine supplier Eurojet are stepping up their efforts to interest Typhoon customer nations in a thrust-vectoring upgrade that promises to bring substantial operational benefits and pay for itself through lifecycle cost reductions.

Equipping the twin-engined Typhoon's EJ200s with thrust vectoring nozzles (TVN) could reduce fuel burn on a typical mission by up to 5%, while increasing available thrust in supersonic cruise by up to 7%, the engine consortium says.

Eurojet partner ITP benchtested a TVN several years ago, and EADS earlier this year equipped its Typhoon cockpit simulator to emulate the performance enhancements offered by the technology.

The industrial partners are now looking for funding to launch a flight-demonstrator programme.

Thrust vectoring could provide a virtual control surface when coupled with the Typhoon's flight-control system, improving survivability, manoeuvrability and the aircraft's ability to carry an asymmetric weapons load. It also reduces trim drag and therefore fuel consumption by "unloading" aerodynamic control surfaces.

© Eurojet

"Most operationally significant is the speed that it gives you in supercruise, because obviously the pilots are very keen on low observability at high speed," says Salvador Costa Krämer, Eurofighter product manager for Tranche 3 production, Meteor integration and new business. "Seven per cent more thrust in supercruise is quite a remarkable achievement," he adds.

Eurojet technical director Matt Price says that while thrust vectoring promises operational advantages, "we have to look at lifecycle costs as well. The business that we're in is that we have to hit both those things together."

Thrust vectoring has the potential to extend engine life by reducing operating temperatures at a given power setting. It could also be used to reduce take-off and landing distances and approach speed.

"We know the benefit is there," says Price. "In terms of route to market we need to be able to quantify that and present it in the right way to the customer."

He says that after flying the modified EADS simulator, "some of the pilots have been quite astonished at what the aircraft can do".
The TVN could be retofitted to the existing EJ200 without the need for structural changes to the engine or airframe, says Eurojet

SOURCE:Flight International

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Sur le TVN de la enterprise espagnole ITP pour l'Eurofighter,voici 2 interessantes images...

SALUDOS!!

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sur un Air et Cosmos recent , j'avais aussi lu un article concernant la modification d'un exemplaire de la Luftwaffe : par une modification mineure de l'aerodynamisme de l'apex par l'ajout d"une piece en composite , ils arrivaient a ameliorer encore la plus sa maniabilité

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Rotating E-Scan Radar May Push Eurofighter Exports

ROME - The new "repositionable" electronically scanned radar being proposed for the Eurofighter could make the difference for the fighter in export markets, its designers have claimed.

The Eurofighter currently flies with the mechanically scanned Captor radar, but the consortium that built the Captor is now pitching an e-scan radar, known as Caesar, to the U.K., Italy, Spain and Germany for its third tranche Eurofighters.

Unlike most e-scans, where radar radiating elements are placed on a fixed panel, the proposed solution for the Eurofighter will rotate.

"We believe the repositionable antenna is the way ahead and this will be approved by the Eurofighter partners," said Bob Mason, marketing and sales vice president for radar and advanced targeting at Selex Galileo. "It will be a differentiator in the export market place when competing against French and U.S. competitors which feature only fixed antennae."

Selex Galileo, EADS and Indra form the Euroradar consortium.

Fixed array e-scans rely on their multiple radiating elements to shift the direction of the radar beam. The Euroradar proposal undertakes beam shifting in the same way, but is set at an angle to the flight path and sits on a revolving gimbal, enlarging the area the beam can cover when it turns.

Officials said at the Paris Air Show this year that the function increases the angle of coverage from about 70 degrees to left or right to over 100 degrees, effectively allowing the radar to see "behind" the aircraft, useful for tracking weapons after delivery.

Mason said the e-scan radar offer to Eurofighter partners had evolved since work on the radar started.

"The Euroradar proposal was initially for a fixed antenna AESA radar with growth to a repositionable antenna," he said.

Mason rebuffed statements by U.S. radar makers that moving dishes dramatically increase maintenance.

"We say that the increase in both air to air and air to ground capability far outweighs any minimal increase in maintenance," he said.

"We would like to get at least a view of a common requirement by year end (from Eurofighter partners). Everyone recognizes the need for AESA radar for export campaigns like India," he said.

"If we get a requirement by year end we can have the radar ready for Tranche 3 Eurofighters but it will be very tight."

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4332578&c=EUR&s=AIR

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