A twin-engine, supersonic, single or two-seat multi-role combat aircraft, Typhoon incorporates the latest technologies and is manufactured using advanced materials, industrial processes and assembly techniques. The fusion of the aircraft’s on-board active and passive sensors gives pilots superior situational awareness and net-centric operational capability.
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Leonardo leads the Euroradar consortium responsible for developing the Typhoon’s future primary sensor, the CAPTOR-E radar. Evolving the capability of the CAPTOR-M radar, CAPTOR-E gives the pilot an enhanced wide field of regard which offers significant benefits for both air-to-air and air-to-surface engagements.
Developed by the Leonardo-led Eurofirst international consortium, the Pirate Infra-Red Search and Track (IRST) allows the Typhoon aircrew to simultaneously detect and track single or multiple targets across a wide field of regard in the most heavily congested operational environments.
Offering a comprehensive suite of electronic support measures and countermeasures, the Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub System (DASS) developed by the Leonardo-led EuroDASS consortium, greatly enhances Typhoon’s ability to avoid, evade, counter, and survive evolving threats.
Through long-term partnership agreements, Leonardo provides in-service support to the Typhoon fleets of the Royal Air Force and Aeronautica Militare – helping to improve the availability of the aircraft and saving costs.
Typhoon entered service with the Royal Air Force in 2003 and with the Aeronautica Militare in 2004. Along with the other partner nations, which have already ordered 510 Typhoons, international customers include Saudi Arabia (72 aircraft), Austria (15), Oman (12), Kuwait (28) and Qatar (24), making a total of 661 aircraft ordered so far.
Oxford Economics has published a report quantifying the economic impact of the Typhoon programme to the United Kingdom’s economy over a five-year period between 2018 and 2022.
The Fighter Show, produced by Eurofighter, provides rare access to the iconic Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft and the people involved.
The Captor-E electronically scanned radar is the future primary sensor on Eurofighter Typhoon and has a full suite of Air-to-Air and Air-to-Surface modes.
PIRATE (Passive InfraRed Airborne Track Equipment) is the FLIR/IRST for Eurofighter Typhoon. Developed by the Airborne and Space Systems Division-led consortium, Eurofirst, PIRATE is a complex system that operates radar-like modes in a wide field of regard. PIRATE is capable of operating against several heavily cluttered scenarios in each one of the following IRST modes: Multiple Target Tracking, Single Target Tracking and Slaved Acquisition.
The Praetorian Defensive Aids Sub-System (DASS) currently installed on the Eurofighter Typhoon, provides protection against air-to-air and surface-to-air threats, by monitoring and proactively responding to the operational environment. It contains Electronic Support Measures, missile warning, on-board electronic countermeasures and towed radar decoys to detect, evaluate and counter threats at maximum range.
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