Zitat:Turin postete
Am 15. März erfolgte ja der scharfe Schuss mit AMRAAM. Bedeutet das, dass der EF seitdem für AMRAAM zertifiziert ist, oder steht das noch aus? Wenn ja, kennt jemand den Zertifizierungsfahrplan?

Zitat:Typhoon has now demonstrated its ability to carry the full range of air-to-air weapon systems proposed for use in its air defence role of AIM-9L, ASRAAM, IRIS-T and AMRAAM. Firing clearances for these weapons are in place.

Zitat:RAF blow in Saudi deal for Typhoons

Some of the RAF's frontline fighter squadrons could be left flying 25-year-old Tornado aircraft while Saudi Arabia takes delivery of the batch of new Eurofighter Typhoon jets meant to replace them.
The claim follows an announcement that Britain is to divert to Riyadh up to 72 of the 89 Typhoons on order in a £7bn deal to be paid in oil. Over the lifetime of the jets, the training, support and maintenance package could be worth up to £20bn to British industry.

Zitat:Eurofighter Flies Off With $10B Saudi Contract
Back in 2005, DID reported that talks were underway for a Saudi purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft from Britain's BAE Systems - with an important set of conditions on the Saudi side. Readers are urged to pay attention to the conditions reported by The Guardian newspaper, however, because it has now been confirmed that Saudi Arabia has ordered Eurofighter Typhoons, ostensibly to replace many of its Tornado aircraft. BAE has provided Tornado planes to Saudi Arabia since 1985.

The Financial Times reports from its sources that the agreement is understood to be for 48 Eurofighter Typhoon jets, with an option for a further 24 (total: 72). [...]

Zitat:£40bn Saudi fighter jet deal brings RAF shortage fears

IAN BRUCE, Defence Correspondent December 30 2005

SAUDI Arabia plans to buy more than 200 Eurofighter Typhoon jets from the UK in a deal worth up to £40bn including spares, maintenance and training over the next 20 years, The Herald has learned.
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RAF insiders fear that selling aircraft to offset the Ministry of Defence's contractual obligations to the Eurofighter consortium will not only reduce the number deployed in UK frontline squadrons, but will also produce a spares shortage when the Saudis are inevitably granted priority of supply.
Despite MoD denials, RAF Tornado jets were left unserviceable in the 1990s in similar circumstances as the Saudis bought more than 100 as a deterrent to Iraq and Iran and demanded first call on spares.

The RAF is committed to buying 232 Eurofighter jets in fighter and ground-attack versions, with the first squadron due to enter service next year.
Deliveries of the 55 tranche one Typhoons have begun, and the MoD has signed up for 89 more in tranche two. More than 600 of the fighters are in the pipeline for UK, German, Italian and Spanish air forces, who collaborated on the jets' development.
Although more than six years late and £2bn over budget, Typhoon is rated as being able to rival the best US and Russian-built fighter planes. Each RAF jet will cost £45m, in a package worth £19bn.
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Zitat:However extra capacity has been planned for to cope with additional export orders.

Zitat:But before long the place should become a hive of activity, as the plant is designed to produce up to four and a half aircraft per month.

Zitat:SPD will weniger Eurofighter

Angesichts der angespannten Haushaltslage will die SPD eines der teuersten deutschen Rüstungsprojekte abspecken. Verteidigungsexperte Bartels nannte es sinnvoll, auf die Lieferung der 68 Eurofighter zu verzichten.

Zitat:Regierung hält an Eurofighter-Order fest
Die Bundesregierung hält nach Angaben eines Sprechers des Verteidigungsministeriums ungeachtet anders lautender Forderungen aus der SPD an der Gesamtzahl ihrer Eurofighter-Orders fest. "Die Luftwaffe hat unveränderten Bedarf für Eurofighter im Volumen von 180 Jets", sagte Ministeriumssprecher Joachim Schmidt am Montag in Berlin. "Wir haben nicht die Absicht, dies zu ändern." [...]
Dabei gehe es um die Lieferung von 68 Flugzeugen für insgesamt 2,5 Mrd Euro.