Aircraft
Kuwait Agrees To Buy 28 Eurofighter Typhoons
Kuwait is to get a mix of single- and twin-seat versions of the Eurofighter Typhoon
An artists' impression of a Typhoon with Kuwaiti insignia. The Arab nation has ordered 28 jets from the Eurofighter consortium, after a marketing effort led by Italy. (photo: Eurofighter)
An artists' impression of a Typhoon with Kuwaiti insignia. The Arab nation has ordered 28 jets from the Eurofighter consortium, after a marketing effort led by Italy. (photo: Eurofighter)

Kuwait has agreed to buy 28 Eurofighter Typhoons in a deal agreed with the Italian government. In a short press statement, Eurofighter provided no details as to when the aircraft will be delivered and what configuration and equipment they will have. However, a spokesman for the four-nation consortium (Italy, Germany, the UK and Spain), confirmed that additional details reported by Defense News on the basis of unnamed industry sources are correct. This report stated that Kuwait will buy 22 single-seat and six twin-seat Typhoons and that it might chose to become the first export customer for the new active electronically scanned array radar being developed for the fighter by Italian electronics group Selex.