EF-2000 EFA Eurofighter Typhoon

[Roberto Montesa]

Pues yo en este tema soy de la opinion contraria a todo lo demas.

Hay de todo en demasia, recortes necesarios por todas partes... pero la fuerza disuasoria capaz de dar la 'gran hostia' al vecino y mantener la superioridad es el EdA y una fuerza de 100 cazas.

Creo que deberia priorizarse en el futuro un ala de F35 que mantenga esa superioridad sin paliativos.

50 tifon + 40 F35A. Y el UCAV europeo como relevo del Tifon, que son al menos 20 años de desarrollo.

[Orel]

Foto del ejercicio Indradhanush 2015 en RU con Su-30MKI:



Y fotos curiosas del Twitter:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/77016346@N03/17145533718













Un saludo

[Orel]

Aviadores por el mundo: visita al destacamento Ambar en Estonia, lo han sacado un poco tarde pero merece porque es de buena calidad. Por aquello de "van sin misiles", vemos EFAs armados a lo largo de todo el vídeo, confirmando la configuración habitual de 4 misiles, 2 Iris-T y 2 AMRAAM, curiosamente todos subalares. Y además hacen turismo por Tallin:





CLAEX, lanzamiento de misiles AIM-120B, IRIS-T y AIM-9L dentro de la validación del primer software operativo nacional OFP-01E para los Tranche 1, los días 26 y 27 de mayo de 2015, con los C.16-23 y 29:

[Orel]

No recuerdo si lo pusimos: cómo se construye el Eurofighter:
http://abcblogs.abc.es/tierra-mar-aire/ ... 18284.asp/

Y foto chula de Typhoon repostando buddy-buddy de Tornado:
http://i.imgur.com/7HqhWJJ.jpg

[champi]

RU tiene los T3 en "conserva", de Flight International (número del 28julio-3agosto):

PROGRAMMES CRAIG HOYLE RAF FAIRFORD
...
In the meantime, its newly built Tranche 3 aircraft are being placed into storage, to save airframe life prior to receiving the modifications.

“The upgrades on the jet have been getting quicker, and cheaper,” says Chris Boardman, managing director of BAE’s Military Air & Information business unit. Speaking at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire on 17 July, he added: “It takes half the time than in 2010.”
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[Orel]

Sí, ya lo puse hace unos días, de otra fuente que además citaba que por ahora tienen 14 ó 15 así. Como dice, lo hacen para reservar vida media antes de modificaciones importantes (¿P2E, P3E?). Aparte, es lógico. Si a futuro sólo cuentan con 107 reservarán los más nuevos para cuando vayan retirando la T1 e ir completando esa cifra. Las gallinas que entran por las que salen.

[champi]

Se me había escapado.

Algo más sobre el Indradanush: http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/flan ... t-28072015

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Over the course of two weeks the complexity of the training sorties is increasing, starting from 1 v 1 dogfight to sorties involving up to 20 fighters.

Wing Commander Chris Moon is Officer Commanding 3(F) Squadron. He said:

“First impressions of the Flanker are very positive. It is a superb aeroplane and it’s a privilege to operate our Typhoon alongside it.
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His views were echoed by Squadron Leader Avi Arya, a Qualified Weapons Instructor responsible for training pilots on the radar and weapons systems of the Su-30. He said:

“Both are fourth generation aircraft and so are matched evenly, so the learning value comes from the person to person contact, it’s the man behind the machine which matters. All fighter pilots speak the same language, that’s the common thing we have and it’s very comfortable to learn from each other.”

Squadron Leader Christian Jordan Officer Commanding II Squadron RAF Regiment.

Speaking shortly after his first encounter with the thrust vector equipped Su-30, Typhoon pilot Flight Lieutenant Mike Highmoor had no doubt about the values of the bilateral exercise:

“This is fantastic. It’s the first time I’ve flown against a Flanker this morning and it’s fascinating to see another air force do its thing in a different aeroplane. Flying against an aircraft which is equally comparable to the Typhoon isn’t something we get to fight against on a regular basis in the UK. It’s very exciting.

Two pilots leaving a sukhoi su-30 aircraft at RAF Coningsby.

“It’s an incredibly impressive fighter but the Typhoon is a good match for it.”

Opposing Flt Lt Highmoor on that first sortie was Squadron Leader Amit Gehani who trained with the RAF in the UK. He said:

“It’s going well. We’re flying a lot of missions that are proving our air combat missions. We brief on the ground, we go up there, set up the fights and thereafter it’s a free for all.

“The Typhoon is a good aircraft, a very powerful aircraft. The RAF pilots here are really amazing and flying with the Typhoon we’re learning a lot of new lessons from the RAF which we will take back to India. Of course we’re also giving some good points to the Typhoon pilots.”

On training sorties the fighters are being refuelled in mid-air by tanker aircraft from their respective countries operating from RAF Brize Norton. C-130J Hercules aircraft are undertaking joint parachute drops of RAF Regiment and IAF Garud troops while RAF and IAF C-17 crews are also training together. The exercise concludes 31 July.

Editor: Wg Cdr Dylan Eklund

[champi]

Vídeo del Indradanush:

[Orel]

Y nuevas fotos de la RAF:

[champi]

Eurofighters italianos destacados en Lituania interceptan cuatro aviones de transporte rusos en una sola salida: http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/News/P ... liani.aspx

Declaraciones sin mucha sustancia del piloto jefe de pruebas de BAE: http://www.baesystems.com/news-&-featur ... u9lkj3f8_1

Y también desde BAE, nos dicen que no se reducirá la cadencia de producción de momento, la decisión la tomarán a finales de año: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ ... h-persists

by Benjamin D Katz
July 30, 2015 — 8:29 AM CEST
Updated on July 30, 2015 — 4:35 PM CEST
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The projections assume BAE can secure the future of a naval yard in Australia, where the government has slowed spending on ships, prompting a reduction in headcount, and that there’ll be no slowdown in Eurofighter manufacturing rates.

A decision on whether output needs to be stretched out in order to keep production going beyond 2018 will be taken by the end of the year, King said. Eurofighter is seeking a follow-on order from Saudi Arabia after a previous deal for 72 planes, and is continuing a sales push in the neighboring states of Bahrain, Qatar and Oman.
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[Orel]

Como comenté, la empresa fabricante del pod Raptor de reconocimiento del Tornado (con el paquete sensor DB-110) planea hacer una versión reducida para el Typhoon dado que éste no puede llevarlo. Aún no está financiado. Se han vendido 70 pods de ese tipo que llevan operando 15 años en 11 países:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... on-415108/

Ya se comentó hace unos días y se confirma que BAE está pensando alargar la cadena del Eurofighter algún año tras 2018, aunque sea sin pedidos, para poder optar a contratos tardíos. Ya se hizo con el Tornado y el Hawk, exitosamente. Y se confirma también que se ha reducido el coste de producción en un 20%:

BAE Systems may 'gap' Typhoon production in 2018
29 July 2015

BAE Systems may have to 'gap' production of the Eurofighter Typhoon in 2018, if further near-term orders are not forthcoming, IHS Jane's was told on 28 July.
Speaking at the company's manufacturing facility at Warton, production manager Matt Heritage, said that as the current orderbook stands, Typhoon assembly will have to cease at the end of the current run, although the option remains to restart the line should further orders be secured.

BAE Systems currently has 15 Typhoons in various stages of assembly at Warton, and has a further 35 aircraft to begin manufacturing. With just the final 38 aircraft for the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) and Saudi Arabia left to build, as well as 12 for Oman (production of which is set to begin at the end of September), as things stand the line will shut down before the end of 2018.

Heritage noted, however, that any shut-down need not be permanent, and that manufacturing could be restarted should more orders be secured. "Both the Hawk and the Tornado had production breaks, with the lines being shut down and then re-started, and this is something that we could certainly do with the Typhoon"

Even so, the company is currently engaged in some self-funded work that is designed to maintain its industrial capability for manufacturing aircraft, should the line have to close either permanently or temporarily. The company's engineering personnel could be transferred to the Hawk line, as well as to the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter manufacturing plant at nearby Samlesbury. As well, as Heritage noted, by 2018 development of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) for the UK should be well under way.

Of the remaining production backlog for the Typhoon, BAE Systems expects to have built 24 aircraft by the end of this year, with 18 to follow in 2016, 22 in 2017, and a final four in 2018. While this rate could be slowed down to extend the production run, Heritage explained that the company is working to a customer-driven plan that it needs to discharge.

With BAE Systems building more Typhoons than the rest of the consortium combined, all of the national production lines are expected to have discharged their current orderbooks within about 12 months of each other.

To date, 571 Typhoons have been ordered by seven nations. Of these, about 440 have been delivered so far. Central to securing further orders is a consortium-wide effort to drive down costs across every aspect of the programme. In terms of production, Heritage said that BAE Systems has been able to take about 20% out of the manufacturing bill and is looking to take out more, noting, "A better price means more chance for exports."

http://www.janes.com/article/53305/bae- ... on-in-2018

Detalle: se han realizado ensayos de colocación de los señuelos MALD-J en el Eurofighter. Es una de las posibles medidas futuras (lanzamiento de señuelos activos) que RU tiene en estudio para incrementar su supervivencia:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... ld-414902/

Y fotos de las dos interceptaciones múltiples, eran varios rusos por salida, incluyendo cazas Mig-31 y Su-34 y aviones de transporte:
http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/roya ... n-30072015
http://theaviationist.com/2015/07/30/ra ... an-planes/









Chao

[Chorbis]

vaya estampa chicos las fotos de las interceptaciones.

Quien iba a decir que años después del muro, se volverían a repetir las mismas situaciones

[Orel]

Y más fotos de Indradhanush, de la RAF:

[Orel]

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[Drizzt]

Foto del ejercicio Indradhanush 2015 en RU con Su-30MKI:

Fotos muy chulas Orel. Esta última me ha llamado la atención, es en Huelva (el Espigón y Mazagón), supongo que dirección al polígono de Médano del Loro que está por la zona. Creo que allí tb es donde el EA suele probar su armamento AA