Really?

Are you sure about that?

I have to confess I do not know how many US components the Typhoon contains, however the reason why I made that remark is to be found in misc. news releases, like this one (towards the end):

http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/news/display.var.2460512.0.Cut_in_number_of_jets_ordered_by_RAF_to_allow_MoD_to_balance_books_is_ruled_out.php

So the US could block sales of Rafale as well? Something does not add up here… Any of the experts on this forum who could clarify?

1. Are there more US components in the Typhoon than what Sintra claims?

2. Or is the GPS receiver really enough to let the US block sales?

3. Or are the news reports on the US blocking Typhoon sales to Saudi incorrect?

Or did I miss something else?

L

The “blocking items” where related to the GPS and the MIDS-LVT(Link 16). The problem had more to do with “intelectual rights” and software than physical hardware.
And the reports were a “bit” overblown, something that the UK press his good…

Cheers

Commercialy speaking, it’s not a flop.
From a technical aspect, it’s nearly a total failure.

Yes, a technical flop capable of mach 1,5 without afterburners, or 6 g´s at mach 1.6 without loosing speed…
That coupled with a bloody good radar and a very decent EW suite.
A flop…
Must get a bottle of whatever you´ve been drinking.

Tmor

It´s public that the Eurofighter Consortium his offering an AESA set for India and for the last 24 Saudi Typhoons…
Probably A&C got a “leak” for part of the Typhoon T3 discussions/proposal´s but i would be very surprised if somehow they had been granted full access, it´s not the first time that A&C (a very fine magazine by the way) got a bit “confused” about the Eurofighter program. The T3 proposal´s are being discussed has we speak, so it´s highly unlikely that a “basic” configuration (whatever that his) had been agreed in JUNE!!
But that description could very well be a 2012 Typhoon.

Another thing, do you know what has happened to Science et Vie (“magnifique”) Hors Serie about aviation?
Every two years, in june, Science et Vie launched a magazine “Hors Serie” called “Aviation”, i had every single number from 1984 untill now, this year it disapeared!

Cheers

It’s likely that the requirement for large weapon bays introduced the opportunity for a large amount of internal fuel. Take your traditional fuselage and stick two big envelopes on the outside of it (that will end up being your weapons bays). Now you’ve got to smooth those into the fuselage and you’re not just going to use a big hunk of clay to do that, instead you’re going to stretch those transitions out as much as possible and that’s going to either give you a lot of empty space or places to stuff fuel. (No, I don’t think there’s a traditional fuselage’s sectional area between the bays but you get the idea.) The smart move is to use it for fuel, which is what they did. As for supercruise faster than the Typhoon or Rafale who said such a thing? Personally I’m still inclined to the idea that the weird shape is for clearance, be it for the landing gear, weapons ejection or whatever. I seem to recall someone who knew mentioning that over on F-16.net but I don’t feel like hunting down the exchange at the moment.

No, the huge internal fuel fraction was no design “accident”, it was a cross between RCS and range specifications.

It’s a typo, it’s in fact EPW II, not III.

Thanks for the correction.

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The German Defence Budget for next year already has alocated money for the AESA radar… IOC for 2012 (at least in the document, optimistic these Germans!).
The Germans also contributed with a good part of the money to the CAESAR demonstration phase, and by every acount the Luftwaffe his adamant in getting an AESA set.
Until the Tranche 3 contract his signed we are not going to have a clear view of the Typhoon development spiral, so…
And i would be bloody surprised if the RAF takes five years to use the GPS capability of the Enhanced Paveway III that the Typhoon has already droped!

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Sweet Jesus 😮

How much this beast his going to cost?!
The RN cant get the money to keep “pumping” Daring´s and now the “Key Publishing Naval Comitee” proposes something like the “love child” of the “Vinnie” and the “Zumwalt”?! And that with a ASW capability “one up” over a Type-23!!!

This kind of exercise MUST have a cost factor, if not it´s just a “I want EVERYTHING” Design that would make a CVF “cheap” by comparison.