I’ve been out of touch the past few months due to work commitments so I’m not fully up to date, if ever I was, so I’ve more than likely missed something as things seem to change on a daily basis with Typhoon. To my, somewhat limited at the moment, knowledge there’s been no signed contract when it comes to actually purchasing a number of Captor-Es for each Typhoon operator, however, despite this integration of the Captor-E has been underway for sometime already and there is a Typhoon based at BAE Warton with Captor-E installed and is due for it’s maiden flight in ’14.
Little to no information regarding what the RAFO (Oman) will feature on their Typhoons has been released, but taking into mind the time/delivery schedule of the aircraft and the Captor-E’s Roadmap, they will likely have Captor-E, quite possibly the ‘Radar-1’ variant which is an export model. There are three variants, ‘Radar-1’, ‘Radar-2’ and ‘Radar-3’.
As for Tranche 3B. As far as I know the partner nations haven’t signed anything due to economy concerns. I wouldn’t be surprised if Tranche 3Bs are exported, to the likes of Oman and Saudi Arabia and such.
Thank you EELightning for your input. So there are no numbers vehiculated for Tranche 3B? Regarding the Captor-E, i was reading a snippet (not sure how accurate) somewhere that it won’t be fully operational (or capable) until 2021, that being “Radar 3” standard i assume? Any idea what each of these stages (Radar 1, 2, 3) encompass ? Thanks again.
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