TYPHOON NEWS

Mass flight cancellations in Hong Kong as Typhoon Hato approaches

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Tue, Aug 22^nd 2017 |

Widespread flight cancellations were set to bring chaos to Hong Kong's busy international airport as Typhoon Hato churns towards the city Tuesday. The weather observa...

Eurofighter Typhoon strengthens capability in service

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Nov 18^th 2015 |

Eurofighter Typhoon’s Programme Capability Manager has announced that work on integrating major new capabilities on to the aircraft is now ‘well advanced’ and ‘deliver...

UK Ministry of Defence awards funding to investigate feasibility of a common weapon launcher for Typhoon

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Jun 3^rd 2015 |

The UK Ministry of Defence has provided £1.7 million of funding to research a common weapon launcher for Typhoon that...

Eurofighter showcases offer of indigenous capability for Indonesia

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Apr 22^nd 2015 |

A final assembly facility for the world’s most versatile and reliable fast-jet fighter could be built in Indonesia it has been re-confirmed this week - if the Nation c...

Eurofighter Typhoon powers forward with new enhancement contract

INDUSTRY / TECHNOLOGY | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Feb 23^rd 2015 |

Eurofighter has today released details of a new capability contract valued at EUROS 200 million delivering a suite of new enhancements to the Eurofighter Typhoon. ...

Typhoon fitted with Brimstone missile for the first time

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Dec 15^th 2014 |

The trial fit is an important milestone in demonstrating the integration of the missile with the aircraft and follows the successful completion of an initial £5M study...

First Storm Shadow missile release from a Eurofighter Typhoon is a success

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Dec 11^th 2014 |

The Italian aerospace and defence company Alenia Aermacchi, working closely with its Eurofighter partners, has successfully conducted the first release of a Storm Shad...

Further meteor firing trials begin for Typhoon

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Dec 8^th 2014 |

Lancashire, United Kingdom: A Typhoon aircraft has successfully completed the first in a series of live firings of the MBDA Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile. This continues the series of trials led by BAE...

First Paveway IV Release for RAF Typhoons at RAF Lossiemouth

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Fri, Nov 28^th 2014 |

The oldest frontline Royal Air Force squadron in the world achieved another first recently (25 November 2014). No 1(Fighter) Squadron, based at RAF Lossiemouth, su...

Advanced radar will keep Eurofighter Typhoon ahead of the game (video)

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Nov 19^th 2014 |

BAE Systems welcomes the news that the four Eurofighter nations have placed a contract for the full integration of the Captor E-Scan radar onto Eurofighter Typhoon. ...

BAE Systems upgrade RAF's Typhoon aircrafts

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Oct 20^th 2014 |

The Royal Air Force’s (RAF) most advanced fighters ever are now in operational service following the largest ever fighter upgrade programme delivered by BAE Systems. Known as Phase 1 Enhancements (P1E), the upgrade...

Eurofighter showcases new capability for the first time in Eastern Europe

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Mon, Sept 1^st 2014 |

Eurofighter GmbH will showcase a range of new capabilities for the Eurofighter Typhoon at MSPO in Poland this week – including briefings on a world-leading new radar s...

Success for Italian Eurofighter Storm Shadow trials

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Tue, Aug 12^th 2014 |

Italy’s Alenia Aermacchi has confirmed that the first phase of tests for the integration of the Storm Shadow long-range missile onto the Eurofighter Typhoon has been c...

Typhoon Gets A Good Soaking

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Jul 31^st 2014 |

How do you keep one of the world’s most advanced fighter jets looking like new? It’s probably not something that most people tend to think about, but for personnel serving at RAF Lossiemouth it’s a very real problem a...

Typhoon jets to get long range strike capability

DEFENCE | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Fri, Jul 18^th 2014 |

Storm Shadow missiles are to be fitted to RAF Typhoon fast jets following a £120 million agreement signed. Storm Shadow, which provides long-range air to surface capabilities, is 1 of the most advanced missiles of ...