Aircraft
Spain Buys More Typhoons to Begin Hornet Replacement
The new fighter aircraft for Spain will be fitted with ECRS Mk1 E-Scan radar, and will be based in the Canary Islands.
The EdA is approaching the 20th anniversary of Typhoon operations. The primary mission for the new aircraft will be air defense of the Canary Ialnds. (Photo: Copyright Eurofighter - Miguel Ángel Blázque)
The EdA is approaching the 20th anniversary of Typhoon operations. The primary mission for the new aircraft will be air defense of the Canary Ialnds. (Photo: Copyright Eurofighter - Miguel Ángel Blázque)

Eurofighter and its partner engine provider, Eurojet Turbo, have received a contract to build 20 more Typhoon fighters for Spain. The contract was signed during this week's ILA air show in Berlin by the CEOs of the two industrial consortia, Carlo Mancusi and Gerhard Baehr, respectively, as well as Miguel Ángel Pérez, general manager of the NATO EF2000 and Tornado Development, Production and Logistics Management Agency (NETMA) that is procuring the aircraft on Spain’s behalf.