Eurofighter Typhoon
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The Eurofighter Typhoon is a multi-role aircraft (MRCA (Multi Role Combat Aircraft) with primary role of hunting by air superiortà, developed by a consortium formed in 1986 by Alenia Aermacchi Airbus Group and BAE Systems, in which we also participate in other companies like SELEX ES and Elettronica SPA for the design of avionics and electronic components. Currently the Eurofighter has supplied the Italian Air Force, Austrian, German, Spanish, the RAF and RSAF (Royal Saudi Air Force). recently, even the Royal Air Force of Oman has acquired certain aircraft.
As with the Panavia Tornado, although the initial design of FEFA (Future European Fighter Aircraft) was born as a multinational collaboration between the UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain: the program included the development of an aircraft that can take off and land in a short time and to engage hostile aircraft beyond visual range (BVR capabilities: beyond-Visual-range, translated "beyond the visual field"). Following disagreements, France left the band independently developing the Dassault Rafale. After initial development of EFA, British Aerospace (now BAE Systems) presented in 1986 an aesthetically similar all'Eurofigther prototype, called British Aerospace EAP (which stands for "Experimental Aircraft Programme") while the first prototype is dell'Eurofigther It was presented in 1994.
Below is a link to a summary of the developments that led to the design of the EAP.
Today the Typhoon is assembled in 4 separate locations, each of which produces a series of components of the final structure: the central part of the fuselage is constructed from Premium AEROTEC, the right wing by EADS CASA, the front part of the fuselage and other components from the BAE Systems and finally the left wing and the rear part of the fuselage by Alenia Aermacchi.
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The Typhoon is currently one of the most agile and advanced aircraft designed, along with the series F-22/35 and T-50 PAK FA. The Eurofighter, although it was designed to perform different roles, is primarily an air superiority fighter: with this statement, according to NATO terminology, this is the total air superiority against which the hostile aircraft is not able to oppose. The Typhoon's bombing skills were tested during the intervention in Libya in 2011 where Eurofighter RAF and the Italian Air Force carried out aerial reconnaissance and ground attack.
The aircraft has 2 EJ200 engines (EuroJet 200) turbofan developed by Rolls-Royce, MTU Aero Engines, Avio and ITP. Here is a link of the University of Trento on engine operation.
GPS: Global positioning Earth.
Inertial Navigation System: set of multiple sensors (gyroscopes, accelerometers, etc.).
ILS (Instrument Landing System) for the aircraft landing system even in adverse weather conditions.
GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System): system capable of measuring altitude above the ground, based on TERPROM system (also used on the Panavia Tornado)
Praetorian system: defense system able to respond independently and simultaneously to air-to-air missiles or surface-to-air incoming through chaffs (dispersion of a cloud of radar-reflective material), flares (dispersion of high temperature material) or ECM (Electronic Countermeasure). The system consists in turn by a Radar Warning Receiver (RWR Radar Warning Receiver), a Missile Warning System on arrival (MWS Missile Warning System) and finally a Laser Warning Receiver (LWR Laser Warning System, supplied only to Typhoons UK).
BriteCloud system: electronic defense system able to divert radar guided missiles, producing errors of calculation in the trajectory of the latter.
Presence of a system that allows the use of voice commands to perform a number of functions.
The Eurofighter is finally composed of a light structure composed by 94% in the composite material matrix reinforced with carbon fiber and glass fiber with an operating life around 6000 hours of flight
The Eurofighter Typhoon is a multi-role aircraft (MRCA (Multi Role Combat Aircraft) with primary role of hunting by air superiortà, developed by a consortium formed in 1986 by Alenia Aermacchi Airbus Group and BAE Systems, in which we also participate in other companies like SELEX ES and Elettronica SPA for the design of avionics and electronic components. Currently the Eurofighter has supplied the Italian Air Force, Austrian, German, Spanish, the RAF and RSAF (Royal Saudi Air Force). recently, even the Royal Air Force of Oman has acquired certain aircraft.
As with the Panavia Tornado, although the initial design of FEFA (Future European Fighter Aircraft) was born as a multinational collaboration between the UK, Germany, Italy, France and Spain: the program included the development of an aircraft that can take off and land in a short time and to engage hostile aircraft beyond visual range (BVR capabilities: beyond-Visual-range, translated "beyond the visual field"). Following disagreements, France left the band independently developing the Dassault Rafale. After initial development of EFA, British Aerospace (now BAE Systems) presented in 1986 an aesthetically similar all'Eurofigther prototype, called British Aerospace EAP (which stands for "Experimental Aircraft Programme") while the first prototype is dell'Eurofigther It was presented in 1994.
Below is a link to a summary of the developments that led to the design of the EAP.
Today the Typhoon is assembled in 4 separate locations, each of which produces a series of components of the final structure: the central part of the fuselage is constructed from Premium AEROTEC, the right wing by EADS CASA, the front part of the fuselage and other components from the BAE Systems and finally the left wing and the rear part of the fuselage by Alenia Aermacchi.
The Typhoon is currently one of the most agile and advanced aircraft designed, along with the series F-22/35 and T-50 PAK FA. The Eurofighter, although it was designed to perform different roles, is primarily an air superiority fighter: with this statement, according to NATO terminology, this is the total air superiority against which the hostile aircraft is not able to oppose. The Typhoon's bombing skills were tested during the intervention in Libya in 2011 where Eurofighter RAF and the Italian Air Force carried out aerial reconnaissance and ground attack.
The aircraft has 2 EJ200 engines (EuroJet 200) turbofan developed by Rolls-Royce, MTU Aero Engines, Avio and ITP. Here is a link of the University of Trento on engine operation.
GPS: Global positioning Earth.
Inertial Navigation System: set of multiple sensors (gyroscopes, accelerometers, etc.).
ILS (Instrument Landing System) for the aircraft landing system even in adverse weather conditions.
GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System): system capable of measuring altitude above the ground, based on TERPROM system (also used on the Panavia Tornado)
Praetorian system: defense system able to respond independently and simultaneously to air-to-air missiles or surface-to-air incoming through chaffs (dispersion of a cloud of radar-reflective material), flares (dispersion of high temperature material) or ECM (Electronic Countermeasure). The system consists in turn by a Radar Warning Receiver (RWR Radar Warning Receiver), a Missile Warning System on arrival (MWS Missile Warning System) and finally a Laser Warning Receiver (LWR Laser Warning System, supplied only to Typhoons UK).
BriteCloud system: electronic defense system able to divert radar guided missiles, producing errors of calculation in the trajectory of the latter.
Presence of a system that allows the use of voice commands to perform a number of functions.
The Eurofighter is finally composed of a light structure composed by 94% in the composite material matrix reinforced with carbon fiber and glass fiber with an operating life around 6000 hours of flight