Aircraft
New-customer Typhoons Will Be the Most Advanced Yet
The Eurofighter consortium is closing in on delivering Typhoons to Kuwait, which will be the first to sport E-scan radar and Sniper pods
Seen while undergoing tests in an anechoic chamber, the Captor-E E-scan radar is installed in Typhoon IPA5 (photo: Hensoldt)
Seen while undergoing tests in an anechoic chamber, the Captor-E E-scan radar is installed in Typhoon IPA5 (photo: Hensoldt)

For most of the life of the Eurofighter Typhoon program, the integration of new capabilities on the aircraft has been driven by the requirements of the original four partner nations, and export aircraft have been based on the four-nation standard. However, for the first time, the aircraft that are being built for delivery to Kuwait and Qatar from late 2019/early 2020 will have sensors and weapons that are not in service with the partner nation air forces. In some cases, these new systems will provide capabilities that are more advanced than those of RAF, Luftwaffe, AMI, and Ejército del Aire Typhoons.


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