https://theaviationist.com/2019/06/18/dassault-and-airbus-fcas-6th-generation-fighter-mockup-unveiled-at-the-paris-air-show/

https://aviationweek.com/paris-airshow-2019/demonstrator-program-agreed-upon-spain-joins-european-fcas-program

It is UK, German, Italy, and Spain that gave up Tranche 3B Typhoon at first., and now they want to blame Belgium for being disloyal to European cooperation ??

Germany politicians:

Q1: What will Germany replace The Tornado with ? Ans 1: Anything but the goddamned F-35.

Q2: What shall Germany do if the successor of Tornado lacks the ability to carry B-61 bombs ? Ans 2: Who cares ?? Just let other NATO’s members do this dirty work.

https://sputniknews.com/military/201…ef-f-35-fired/

As Germany continues to consider options for replacing its old Tornado jet fighters, the head of the German Luftwaffe will literally be fired if he says the words “F-35” publicly again, according to a recent report.

“Luftwaffe sources tell me, if Germany’s Air Force Chief says ‘F-35′ once again, he will likely be fired. Seems political leadership is still learning towards EU-solution (either nuke-capable Typhoon upgrade or new European jet,” German journalist and defense expert Christian Theils said in a January 30 tweet.

One issue with buying Tornado fighter jets is that they lack the ability to carry nuclear weapons. Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey have a combined arsenal of roughly 200 B-61 gravity bombs as part of their NATO commitment, according to the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

Speaking on the possibility that Germany chooses an aircraft in the future that cannot carry nukes, then-US Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh told lawmakers in March 2014, “As NATO nations — if they choose not to upgrade their own nuclear aircraft capabilities, then other NATO nations that have those capabilities from an operational perspective will pick up the load.”

http://www.janes.com/article/77413/raf-to-scrap-twin-seat-typhoons

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is to scrap 16 UK Eurofighter Typhoons as part of a project to save GBP 800 million (USD1.13 billion) on the running cost of the service’s combat aircraft fleet.

The plans to dismantle the aircraft and harvest spare parts for use on the remainder of the Typhoon fleet were revealed to Jane’s on 29th January by RAF Air Command at High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request.

The project, known as Reduce to Produce (RTP), aims to generate GBP50 million worth of parts from each airframe “back into the supply chain”, according to the FOI data.

May anyone here interpret this French news more clearly in English ?? Thanks very much.

https://www.lopinion.fr/blog/secret-defense/lpm-moins-rafale-plus-mrtt-140627

Saudi Arabia bought 72 Eurofighter in 2007, with the price of 4.43 billion GBP.

The price mentioned above was just for the fighters themselves only. According to the UK’s estimation at that time, the final program cost for this procurement shall be 30 billion GBP in total, including the costs for training, logistics, weapon procurement, and operation of 25 years.

The production numbers and the customers for the Eurofighter Typhoon (2017/12/10）：

RAF: 160 fighters in total (3 IPAs, 50 T1s, 67 T2s, 40 T3s).

GrAF: 143 fighters in total (3 IPAs, 32 T1s, 78 T2s, 30 T3s).

ItAF: 96 fighters in total (1 IPA, 27 T1s, 47 T2s, 21 T3s).

SpAF: 73 fighters in total (1 IPA, 18 T1s, 34 T2s, 20 T3s).

AsAF: 15 fighters in total (15 T1s),

RsAF: 72 fighters in total (48 T2s, 24 T3s).

RoAF: 12 fighters in total (12 T3s).

KwAF: 28 fighters in total (28 T3s).

QAAF: 24 fighters in total (24 T3s).

Total conclusion:
* 623 fighters in total (8 IPAs, 142 T1s, 274 T2s, 199 T3s).
* Four original customers with 472 original orders (8 IPAs, 127 T1s, 226 T2s, 111 T3s)
* Five foreign customers with 151 exporting orders (15 T1s, 48 T2s, 88 T3s).

Qatar’s Eurofighter deal (2017/12/10):

http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/189103/qatar-signs-%C2%A3-6bn-eurofighter-contract.html

1. 24 Typhoon aircraft.

2. Will be assembled in the UK by BAE Systems (2018 – 2025).

3. Cost: around £6 billion (or 8 billion USD).

3. Including an agreement with MBDA for Brimstone and Meteor missiles and the highly-accurate Raytheon’s Paveway IV UK-manufactured weapon for the jets.

4. The Defence Secretary also agreed a package of training and co-operation between the Air Forces which will see them working together more regularly, including Qatari pilots and ground-crew training in the UK.

5. The beginning of delivery: late 2022.

6. Qatar will be the ninth country to purchase the Typhoon.

7. The total production number of Eurofighter now: 623.