If you add inflation for each year the 2002 figure grows, if your going to purchase in 2014 thats 12 years of growth..

Rough back of an envelope guide is:-

@2% that equals US$74M
@3% it equals US$84M
@4% it equals US$94M

This is if inflation stay at the steady rate quoted during those 12 years.

This doesn’t include exchange rates where the dollar has been falling since 2002 by a large margin, if the US are quoting in 2002 dollars..
Must they also be quoting 2002 exchange rates for export?.

I’ve been looking for a quote where it was stated the export purchase price is set at those 2002 exchange rates – but I can’t find it yet!!.

Another thought is those prices do not include any development hickups, or capability lowering to match price, as has happened in the F-22 program.

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Are the 1500 litre tanks being used on the Typhoon now?, I can’t recall seeing one being used!!!, I have this nagging feeling there were not qualified for flight or something like that.

Hmmmm has anyone got a picture of a production Typhoon using 1500 litre tanks?.

Ahhh Scorps you got there before me!!!

That’s just shameless teasing. 😉

Especially interesting is how Gripen N can fly 30min longer on CAP, 120nm farther out from its base compared to Typhoon, but with only 2 BVRAAMs instead of 6. So with twin pylons for 4 BVRAAMs (as planned), it would still have much longer legs than Typhoon. Impressive… 😎

Typhoon: 60min CAP @500nm, with 6 BVRAAMs, 2 SRAAMs and 3500l in 3 external tanks
Gripen N: 90min CAP @ 620nm, with 2 BVRAAMs, 2 SRAAMs and 4540l in 4 external tanks

I noticed that too..

Where are you getting the 3500 litres for the Typhoon?, AIUI it was 3000 litres, as the supersonic fuel tanks only come in 1000 litre.
There were 1500 litre tanks but I’m not sure there being used now, and they are defiantly subsonic only.

I think the Typhoon would need conformals to match the Gripen N range in this configuration, I really hope this is on in tranche 3.

what about the Gripen N’s has new 450US Gallon external tanks.. that = 1702litres so it could be a possible 6806 litres???

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Well from what I gather its in the public domain and is available, it shouldn’t be a problem for those used to ‘googling’.

It does show some interesting rangeloadoutspeeds for the Typhoon including supercruise and even quotes the F-22 fuel fraction as .30.

I must check out the claim the air to surface fuel fraction of the Typhoon beats the F-35!!!, (must be with external tanks..)

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