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Flexible. Capable. Combat Ready.
Eurofighter Typhoon at Farnborough

Hallbergmoos / Farnborough International (ots)

Eurofighter
Typhoon flies into this year's Farnborough International propelled by
a wave of recent Air Force successes. Its Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) 
credentials proven, multi-role capability declared and its ready to 
deploy status confirmed, Eurofighter Typhoon is blazing a trail 
through the global defence market and cementing its position as the 
number one next-generation combat aircraft.
Aloysius Rauen, CEO Eurofighter GmbH, comments: "What we have 
witnessed over the last two months in terms of the aircraft 
demonstrating its operational capabilities has been groundbreaking. 
Eurofighter Typhoon came online in the QRA role for Southern Germany 
and assumed Air Surveillance responsibilities for the Austrian Armed 
Forces. However, its unmatched dominance in air defence is just the 
beginning as the Royal Air Force have declared their multi-role 
Eurofighter Typhoons as ready to deploy following the success of 
Exercise Green Flag West. Our product really is delivering for our 
Air Forces."
Customer-driven achievements have become the norm in 2008, with 
joint exercises and foreign deployments stealing the defence 
headlines, including: the first four-nation Eurofighter Typhoon 
exercise, codenamed "Typhoon Meet", held during two weeks in March at
Morón AFB, Spain; the Italian Air Force hosting "Spring Flag" at 
Decimomannu AFB, Sardinia, in April with Eurofighter Typhoon taking a
lead role in the NATO-organised manoeuvres; and the Royal Air Force 
opening up the multi-role capability of Eurofighter Typhoon during 
detachments to the United States.
The Commander-in-Chief Air Command of the RAF, Air Chief Marshal 
Sir Clive Loader, on 01 July described Eurofighter Typhoon as "the 
most operationally flexible aircraft it [the RAF] has ever had."
Ten units in five Air Forces are operating the aircraft and, 
together, have accumulated over 42,000 in-service flying hours. This,
added to the test fleet's statistics amounts to over 48,000 flying 
hours logged by Eurofighter Typhoon.
For the Eurofighter consortium, 2008 has seen a great deal of 
activity in export. Requests for Proposal (RFP) have been received 
from India and Switzerland. EADS Military Air Systems, acting as 
campaign lead in both countries on behalf of the consortium, have 
delivered full written responses to both. Further RFPs are expected 
from Romania and Japan before year end while a draft Request for 
Information (RFI) has been received from Brazil.
Aloysius Rauen continues: "The high interest from export nations 
is a reflection of the strength of the programme. The handover of the
ninth aircraft to Austria completes Tranche 1 deliveries in total. 
The paperwork for Tranche 2 Type Acceptance has been submitted to 
NETMA and the requisite flight tests have been concluded. Some 40 
aircraft are already in Final Assembly. Finally, our targets for 
Tranche 3 have not changed. Negotiations with the customer are 
underway and we aim to have a contract ready by end of 2008 or early 
2009."
The Eurofighter presence at Farnborough International features a 
Business Pavilion showcasing the Cockpit Demonstrator (EOC standard) 
and a host of technology exhibits reflecting the advanced nature of 
the aircraft. In the aircraft displays, the Royal Air Force will have
a fully-loaded Eurofighter Typhoon on static display while also 
providing a jet to the daily flying programme. Finmeccanica will also
be displaying a Eurofighter Typhoon of the Italian Air Force on their
exhibition area.
Eurofighter Typhoon is the world's most advanced new generation 
multi-role/swing-role combat aircraft available on the market and has
been ordered by six nations (Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, 
Austria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). With 707 aircraft under 
contract, it is Europe's largest military collaborative programme and
delivers leading-edge technology, strengthening Europe's aerospace 
industry in the global competition. More than 100,000 jobs in 400 
companies are secured by the programme. Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH
manages the programme on behalf of the Eurofighter Partner Companies 
Alenia Finmeccanica, BAE Systems, EADS CASA and EADS Deutschland, 
Europe's foremost aerospace companies with a total turnover of 
EUR60.7 billion (2006).

Contact:

For more information:
Wolfdietrich Hoeveler
Vice President Communication
Eurofighter GmbH
+49 811 801 555 (Office)
+49 172 832 9751(Mobile)
wolfdietrich.hoeveler@eurofighter.com

Phillip Lee
External Communications
Eurofighter GmbH
+49 811 801 587
phillip.lee@eurofighter.com

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