EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON
Eurofighter in flight (Source: EUROFIGHTER GmbH)
The multinational (Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain) co-operative project EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON is an all-weather capable flying weapon system, optimized for air defense, with special requirements in terms of mission effectiveness, survivability, availability and operational flexibility.
The EUROFIGHTER is a one-seater in Delta-Canard configuration with two engines. Primary weapons are medium range air-to-air missiles (initially AMRAAM and Meteor in the future) and short-range air-to-air missiles (Sidewinder, ASRAAM and IRIS-T in the future).
