Eurofighter flies first Tranche 2 Typhoon
The Eurofighter consortium achieved a major milestone on the first of the month with the first flight of a Typhoon with Tranche 2 avionics.

The Eurofighter consortium achieved a major milestone on the first of the month with the first flight of a Typhoon with Tranche 2 avionics. BAE Systems pilot Mark Bowman took aloft Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) 6 from the company’s Warton plant.

The consortium rebuilds the Tranche 2 aircraft to an updated standard that reflects changes in production technology. More importantly, the airplanes have new mission computers with greater capacity and processing power, necessary for the integration of planned future weapons such as the Storm Shadow and Taurus KEPD350 stand-off missiles, and the Meteor air-to-air missile.

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