Aircraft
Eurofighter working on E-scan radar, support
Eurofighter hopes that the four partner nations will agree the technical specification for an active array radar for the Typhoon by year-end.

Eurofighter hopes that the four partner nations will agree the technical specification for an active array radar for the Typhoon by year-end. To date, only a demonstration model of the E-scan Captor radar has flown on the combat jet.

Meanwhile, the export drive for the Typhoon is being hampered, even though Eurofighter insists that the jet’s mechanically scanned Captor radar offers equivalent performance. Last year, Eurofighter offered India codevelopment of the E-scan radar, and may suggest the same to Japan.