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� Eurofighter TyphoonBase in Zeltweg

� IPA Update

� SELEX Galileo

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Eurofighter in Bangalore

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Spanish Air Force Air and Ground Operations at Moron Air BaseThese photos show ground and Air Operations of Ala-11 Wing formed of 111 and 113 Squadrons based at Moron Air

Base in Southern Spain. 113 is the Operational Conversion unit and the first front line Squadron is 111.The photographs show before and after flight servicing. The Eurofighters are fitted with IRIS-T and drop tanks.

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Enzo Casolini, the new Eurofighter GmbHCEO, is back in Munich after 30 years when,as an Italian Air Force officer, he was here inthe NAMMA (NATO MRCA ManagementAgency). Back in Italy, Casolini served withthe Air Force until he moved to Industry inlate 1980s.

As the Head of Commercial for MilitaryAir Systems at Alenia Aeronautica, he wassuccessful in his role to promote, market,deliver and support the military products ofthe Italian company, and in this position hewas in regular contact with the Partner Com-panies and the Eurofighter customers. Hewill now be able to leverage the experiencegained to date to the benefit of the Eurofighterprogramme.

“I’m proud to be at the helm of EurofighterGmbH. I am looking forward to being partof this exciting, cutting edge programme andworking with the Eurofighter community.The aircraft is a beautiful one” Casolini says,“the performances are outstanding and it israted very highly by the pilots. We have gota highly effective defence system with theEurofighter Typhoon, but much is still to bedone”.

“The Eurofighter consortium brings togeth-er the hard work and expertise from partnercompanies, Alenia Aeronautica, BAE Systems,EADS Casa, EADS Deutschland, to deliver aproven ability and performance to our fourhome markets and export customers. Thisperformance is shown not only in the outstand-ing abilities of the Eurofighter Typhoonweapon system, but also by the services andcapabilities offered to customers by the Eurofighter team throughout the life cycleof the aircraft”.

Casolini is aware that the job he is startingit will be a challenging one. “A lot of workhas to be done to guarantee the long termfuture of this programme and a future forthe 100,000 jobs and 400 companies that theprogramme currently sustains in Europeand that have the potential for further growth.The Eurofighter Consortium is an importantindustrial example of what can be achievedthrough European collaboration and unity”.

“With this in mind, everyone should beaware that the money put in to this programin the past and the money planned for the fu-ture are not ‘expenses’, but real investmentsthat give to the partner nations important re-turns and a strong trade balance bonus.When I speak about returns I mean tangiblesones, like the invaluable capabilities devel-oped by the partner companies through tech-nology transfer and the huge spin-off weguarantee to other industrial sectors. But I alsospeak about the intangible ones, like thegrowth in knowledge, in education, and givingto many people that work with us invaluablepersonal and professional experiences”.

“In the short to long term, our goal withinEurofighter is to maintain our position atthe forefront of military aerospace by max-imising capability and providing excellentvalue for our existing customers whilst drivingforward to take advantage of future exportopportunities. Only by working in this waycan we ensure the longevity of the programmewhich is key to the future and independence ofthe European aerospace Industry”.

Dear Friends of Eurofighter Typhoon,

The year 2009 has a lot in store for the pro-gramme. Since signature of the umbrellacontract for production of 620 aircraft way backin January 1998, media speculated on thefuture of Tranche 3 and the most critical said“You never get it”. These speculations wereconfirmed when we signed the Tranche 2production contract in 2004. And here we arenow, deep into negotiations with the resultthat the Eurofighter Typhoon is leading theproduction figures, if compared to the compet-ing products.This tells the competition: Eurofighter will bethere for years to come! Eurofighter is still thebest swing role fighter available on the market.It will be in production for the long term,confirming it as the biggest industrial programmein Europe. A new CEO was appointed within EurofighterGmbH in May 2009. Enzo Casolini will lead theConsortium as it delivers new capabilities offeredby the Eurofighter Typhoon and continues toexplore international markets.And there is another message: The Eurofighterprogramme proves the critics wrong thatcooperation is too expensive and cannot leadto high class and top-value products. On thecontrary, this programme has benefited industryand the Nations on both the procurement andoperational side. The air forces of five Nations praise the system.They prove the superiority of the aircraft in anincreasing number of international exercises.And this year will see more of that. Long range deployments for Eurofighter Typhoonto the USA were frequently performed by theRoyal Air Force. Recently the German Air Forcejoined the club when they flew to Bangalore forAero India 2009. Supported by an aerial tankeraircraft they logged the longest Eurofighterflights ever, some 8 and a half hours.In Autumn, more squadrons in Europe will havethe aircraft in service and the first SaudiArabian Typhoon will be delivered. So the aircraftwill prove its capabilities in another challengingoperating environment. We are sure that this willbe further proof of the outstanding capabilityof this leader in European technologicalcapability.

Enjoy the issue

Marco Valerio BonelliVice President Communication EurofighterGmbH

Enzo CasoliniCEO Eurofighter GmbH

Enzo Casolini

Back in Munich with a mission: To continue the Eurofighter Success

03 EditorialWelcome note from Marco Valerio Bonelli, Vice President Communication

04 NewsSpanish Air Force receives first Tranche 2 Eurofighter aircraft +++ Tranche 2 Deliveries +++ First ASTA Simulator Operational +++ Supplier News +++ Italy's Second Eurofighter Unit Operational +++ 10,000 Flying Hours with the Eurofighter +++ BAE Systems secures £450 million Typhoon availability service contract from MoD +++

06 Austria’s Sword in Air SurveillanceEurofighter Typhoon Base in Zeltweg

08 Test the Best!IPA update

10 Above the Rest Aero IndiaEurofighter Typhoon in Bangalore

14 A Pilots View Aero India

15 Eurofighter Achieves Unique AMRAAM FiringAMRAAM Test

16 SELEX GalileoEurofighter: State of the art avionics, sensors and an innovative capability

18 The Foundation of a LegacyThe change programme has been underway across the Eurofighter Consortium

20 Shareholder MTU Aero Engines celebrates its 75th BirthdayEJ200 is one of the world´s most advanced engines

22 Spring Brings Changes at Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbHEurofighter CEO moves on +++ Head of Communications Retires +++ New starts: New Eurofighter CEO Appointed +++ New Lead for PR & Communications

23 Technology Migration Objectum Solutions

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Cover picture shows Air Operationsof Ala-11 Wing formed of 111 and113 Squadrons based at Moron AirBase in Southern Spain. 113 is theOperational Conversion unit and thefirst front line Squadron is 111.

Photography: Geoffrey Lee

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The Spanish Air Force (SpAF) received thefirst three Eurofighter production aircraft ofTranche 2 on the 11th December 2008. Thefourth unit will be delivered in the near future.The delivery follows the Type Acceptanceagreement for Block 8 (Tranche 2) achievedon 12th September 2008

Enrique Barrientos, CEO of EADS Defence& Security in Spain, underlined that “theSpanish Air Force is getting more and morebenefit from the maturity achieved by themost advanced new-generation combat aircraftin operation. The delivery of these Tranche 2aircraft steps into the following phase of oper-

At 12:00 on Monday 5th January 2009,Italy’s 36th Wing, based in Gioia de Colle,began air defence duties five years afterEurofighter Typhoon was introduced to thefour partner nations.

The Eurofighter Typhoon was only suppliedto the 36th Wing on 1st October 2007 andboth the flight crew and base underwent anintense period of training and achieved the

originally planned for Austria will go to Ger-many and keep their designation, as theGerman aircraft in service with the Austrianarmed forces.

At this point we think a brief explanationis appropriate, what delivery or handover forus on the industrial side in the Eurofighterconsortium really means. After a thoroughand detailed check procedure for each individ-ual aircraft a special form is signed by thepartner company delivering the aircraft andthe air force taking it. With this signaturethe air force takes ownership of the aircraft.

Whilst 2008 saw the start of Tranche 2 deliveries to nations - 16 aircraft delivered intotal, 2009 started with GS032 (Germany)delivered on Monday the 12th January andBS043 (UK) handed over on the 14th January.

Just to summarise, the first aircraft deliv-ered to the nations were:BS040 (UK) on 10 October 2008 followed bySS012 (Spain) on 24 October and IS020 (Italy)on 13 November. The first Tranche 2 aircraftfor the German Air Force was AS008, handedover on 18 December 2008. With revision ofthe Austrian contract, nine Tranche 2 aircraft

Tranche 2 DeliveriesGerman Air Force

10,000 Flying Hours with theEurofighter

Italian Air Force

10,000 flight hours surpassed

Italy's Second Eurofighter UnitOperational

Spanish Air Force receives firstTranche 2 Eurofighter aircraft

ational capabilities for our customers andunderlines the continuous technological en-hancement of the weapon system”.

According to the production umbrella con-tract, the four Partner Nations committedthemselves to the acquisition of 620 Eurofighteraircraft in three Tranches, and Spain partici-pates with 87 units. Deliveries of Tranche 2aircraft to the customer air forces have startedon 10th October 2008 with the handover ofBS040 to the Royal Air Force. More than 60Block 8 (Tranche 2) aircraft are currently inthe final assembly lines across the fourpartner companies.

ambitious goal of a thousand hours of flightto ensure they were ready for January 2009.

The 36th Wing consists of the XII Groupflying squadron and will provide air defence24 hours a day, 365 days a year and will com-pliment the 4th, 5th and 37th Wings who arealready defending the air space of the southernMediterranean.

BAE Systems secures £450 millionTyphoon availability service contract from MoD

BAE Systems was awarded a £450 millioncontract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD)in March under a partnering arrangementthat will see the RAF's Typhoon aircraft main-tained and supported by the Company. Thiswill not only ensure the availability of theTyphoon fleet to meet its standing and futureoperational commitments but will also create150 new jobs within BAE Systems and sustaina further 350 at its peak.

The contract, known as TAS (TyphoonAvailability Service), draws on best practiceand lessons learnt on previous UK MOD andBAE Systems support arrangement contracts.It underpins the Company's work to deliverservice excellence to the armed forces byproviding the best services, equipment andsupport solutions to meet ongoing operationalrequirements. It is also further evidence ofthe progress BAE Systems is making to es-tablish a successful through-life business.

Chris Boardman, Managing Director ofTyphoon Mission Support & International Pro-grammes at BAE Systems said:

"Signature of the TAS contract is the culmi-nation of 18 months intense work by a jointBAE Systems/UK MOD team. Through-life sup-port is a potential area of growth for BAE Systems and we are already looking to acceleratethe deployment of this capability and expertiseacross our global business."

The Typhoon Integrated Project TeamLeader, Air Commodore Chris Bushell, said:"Today's announcement is intended to maximiseaircraft availability by using the most cost-ef-fective solution. Typhoon has now been opera-tional in the air defence role for well over ayear and a multi-role capability was integratedand declared combat ready by the RAF in July2008. The signature of the TAS contract buildson this success."

Currently over 200 BAE Systems employeeswork on the TAS contract across RAF Con-ingsby and the BAE Systems sites of Samles-bury and Warton. This will grow to 500 overthe course of the five year contract.

Supplier News

On 16 March 2009, the Parliamentary StateSecretary to the Federal Minister of DefenceChristian Schmidt honoured the 10,000thflying hour of the German Air Force withthe EUROFIGHTER weapon system at FighterWing 74 in Neuburg on the Danube at thepresence of the Chief of Staff, German AirForce, Lieutenant General Klaus-Peter Stieglitz,with an official ceremony. Numerous guestsof honor from industry, politics, society andthe military attended this ceremony.

The musical framework program of theofficial ceremony was provided by GermanAir Force Band 1 from Neubiberg, conductedby Lieutenant Colonel Johann Orterer. StateSecretary Schmidt and General Stieglitz

handed over a certificate to the pilot of thejubilee aircraft. The jubilee represents anothermilestone in the process of fielding theweapon system in the German Air Force.

Reiser Systemtechnik GmbH has been se-lected to supply the cockpits and rack hard-ware of modern pilot training systems of theTyphoon Tranche 2 Block 8 aircraft version.The systems will serve for Pilot and Mainte-nance personnel training. They comprise fullreplicas of the original equipment with highlevel of detail and fidelity.

The cockpits will be combined with a mini-dome and will be interfaced to the Host byCAN bus.

After a demanding short project time,the items are currently being delivered tothe customer for integration. They shall beput into service in the second half of thisyear.

From left to right: Group Captain Andreas Pfeiffer, ChristianSchmidt Parliamentary State Secretary, Lieutenant ColonelJürgen Schönhöfer and Lieutenant General Klaus-PeterStieglitz

German Air Force Pilot leaving his plane after completing the10,000th flying hour at Neuburg Air Force Base

12 Eurofighter Typhoon over Toscany, celebrating the change of command for 4° Stormo

Eurofighter Typhoon pilot leaving his plane after atraining sortie over Morón

The first Italian ASTASimulator for theEurofighter TyphoonOperational

On the 21st April atthe Gioia del Colle,Italian Air ForceBase, the first ASTA(Aircrew SyntheticTraining Aids) - fullMission Simulatorfor the EurofighterTyphoon, was inau-gurated.

The Eurofighter Typhoon is radically changing the way ofleading and conceiving air operations, andtherefore training systems must offer func-tionality and performance never reached be-fore.

ASTA has been developed with the par-ticipation of two Finmeccanica companies,Alenia Aeronautica and SELEX Galileo and isthe most ambitious training programme everlaunched in Europe. It has led to the devel-opment of a highly realistic set of simulatorsand training systems, to permit pilots’ train-ing for all Eurofighter’s functionalities andmissions.

For more information on the ASTA Simu-lator, please visit www.eurofighter.com andcheck out our news pages. Eurofighter Ty-phoon to the base next year. Leuchars will bethe second UK based home of Eurofighter Ty-phoon after RAF Conningsby.

Alenia Aeronautica recorded with great satis-faction on the 17th April, another importantresult reached by the Eurofighter programmein Italy: the Air Force’s pilots have surpassed10,000 flight hours on the Eurofighter Typhoon,in service with two squadrons in Italy.

The aircraft, that operates in Italy from Grosse-to and Gioia del Colle air bases, started beingemployed three years ago in missions of airpolice and quick-reaction alert for the airspacecontrol, having inaugurated such operationsduring the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.

Also General Höfler expressed his satisfac-tion with the unit and the system. “We meetthe objectives. We are in plan.” He stated thatthe cooperation with the German Air Forceworks very well, mentioning especially theFighter Wing 73 and Technical Academy 1 atKaufbeuren. He also thanked industry for theirsupport.

The Wing operates nine aircraft, four ofwhich have already gone through a 100 hoursinspection in the maintenance hangar. Thebuilding had been built in 1996 but has beenrefurbished for Eurofighter operation. It wasthe first of the Eurofighter building complex,with the simulator building, the wing operationcentre and the so called six packs, a buildingwith boxes for up to 12 aircraft.

400 soldiers and civilian personnel lookafter the fleets (besides Eurofighter Typhoonalso Saab J105 and Pilatus PC-7) technically,up to six aircraft at the same time in theirhangar. They presently ensure a flying rate of70 to 90 hours per month. 14 pilots are nowavailable, two more prepare for training atGerman Air Force Fighter Wing 73 “Steinhoff”at Rostock-Laage.

They fly Eurofighter sorties for normally45 to 55 minutes. During the recent WorldEconomic Forum at Davos, Eurofighter pa-trolled for up to two hours without externalfuel tanks.

Standard take-off procedure is without useof afterburners, reducing the noise levelaround the air base considerably, so noisecomplaints are more than rare.

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Since the first Eurofighter Typhoon for Austrialanded in Zeltweg in July 2007, the Austrianfleet has flown more than 700 flying hours, aremarkable achievement when compared tothe core nations.

Another significant difference is the infra-structure for the Surveillance Wing (Über-wachungsgeschwader) in Zeltweg which hasbeen adapted to operate the new fighter air-craft more stringently than in other nations.

Only 20 months after the handover of 7LWA (the first aircraft for Austria), the unit hasdemonstrated that they are a worthy partnerin the Eurofighter community.

With aircraft on constant Quick ReactionAlert 365 days a year, the Eurofighter Typhoonis the sword of Austria’s Air SurveillanceSystem, as Brigadier Rupert Stadlhofer, Aus-tria’s Commander Air Surveillance Command,emphasized at an event recently held inZeltweg. Aloysius Rauen, CEO EurofighterGmbH and accompanied by a Eurofighterdelegation, travelled to the base to present theEurofighter Sword to the Austrian Unit on19th March 2009.

Since Type Acceptance was granted on30th June 2003, all Eurofighter Typhoonunits have been presented with their ownEurofighter Sword to symbolise the closecooperation between the partner nations andat the same time highlight the outstandingperformance of the weapon system.

Distinguished guests at the ceremony,hosted by Brigadier Stadlhofer and the Wing,

were Lieutenant General Günter Höfler, Com-mander of the Austrian Armed Forces andrepresentatives of the Austrian Ministry ofDefence.

A delegation of the Wing and the Mainte-nance Unit (Fliegerwerft 2) included a vastarray of representatives from all sections in-cluding the fire brigade, security, air trafficcontrol, administration and pilots who all gath-ered in front of Hangar I, where EurofighterTyphoon operated until the new buildingswere finished in early 2009.

Brigadier Stadlhofer, who commands theair surveillance system “Goldhaube” includingthe air assets, welcomed the guests and stated:“Since 1st July 2008 the neutrality and sov-ereignty of the Republic of Austria is beingprotected by the most advanced fighter air-craft - Eurofighter Typhoon. The experience inmaintenance and air operation acquired inover 700 flying hours make us very optimisticfor the future. Eurofighter is Austria’s swordin air surveillance.”

Aloysius Rauen former CEO of EurofighterGmbH commented: “It is an honour for me topresent this sword. The unit at Zeltweg hasmore then earned it. I am also proud that wehave secured Austria as the first export cus-tomer for Eurofighter Typhoon.”

Colonel Doro Kowatsch, a pilot with 4000flying hours on jet aircraft and CommandingOfficer of the wing remarked: “We take thissword with pride. It symbolises that we nowbelong to a very special group throughout Eu-rope. We have proven that we can do the job.”

AloysiusRauen, formerCEO ofEurofighterGmbH pre-sents theEurofighterSword toColonelKowatsch ofthe AustrianAir Force

AustrianEurofighterTyphoon at ZeltwegAir Base

Eurofighter Sword Handover Ceremony on 19th March2009 in front of Hangar 1 at Zeltweg Air Base, Austria

Eurofighter Typhoon Base in Zeltweg

Austria’s Sword in Air Surveillance

Flying starts in the Wing Operation Centrewith the flying briefing. After that the pilotswalk the short distance to the aircraft boxes.There, the aircraft have been prepared by theground crews. Each of the boxes is equippedwith modern information tools, set up in anoffice type room, where pilots and technicianswait for the scramble at the highest readinesslevels. They have access to various types ofinformation such as the weather, on largeflat panel screens. The boxes can be openedon both sides, so aircraft can roll in and outwithout any ground equipment. Refuelling canbe done at closed doors with a equipmentsucking in all vapours and gases. Temperatureis controlled automatically.

In two control rooms the activities in theboxes can be overseen. For scramble the engi-neer on duty just has to touch some areas ona very large flat panel display and doorsopen, the Claxton horns are sounding, lightingis managed. These displays also show thestatus of the aircraft. The aircraft silhouetteis surrounded by a green or red line. Visitingaircraft like the Saab J105 trainer aircraftwhich the Austrian Armed Forces also fly cannot only be serviced but they also appear onthe screens.

In some of the boxes the aircraft on QRAare waiting for their call. Only a few safetypins have to be withdrawn, a quick check andthe aircraft is underway. They are armedwith IRIS-T and the gun.

Next to the wing ops building the simulatorbuilding houses a full set of ASTA equipment

(Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids). The fullmission simulator has already been operativesince early 2007. The new infrastructure willbe supported by a tower, 45 m high andready for operation by the end of 2010, alongwith a new fire department.

Everything in the new buildings is veryfunctional, designed to purpose and designedby the people who have to work in the respec-tive area. All builder companies in the areahave been busy for three years with some500 workers building on site at peak times.

The unit has good reason to be proud ofits environment and they are. The WingCommander Colonel Kowatsch and the Headof the Maintenance Unit Lt Colonel ReinhardZmug agree with one voice: An Investment inthe future 30 to 40 years.

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Systems at Warton and avionics and care freehandling testing are its main task. One of itsfuture tasks is to be used as a target aircraftfor IPA 6’s avionic and sensor testing.

IPA 6 which flew for the first time on 1stNovember 2007 is the primary Tranche 2avionics test bed. All Tranche 2 Series Produc-tion Aircraft (SPA) software products aretested on it. The aircraft, also British ownedand based at the BAE Systems Warton site,has a Tranche 1 airframe which was been up-graded to a Tranche 2 equipment standard.In the coming months, IPA 6 will be involvedin testing upgrades for the electronic self-de-fence system Defensive Aids Subsystem(DASS).

IPA 7 is the first Tranche 2 aircraft andflew for the first time on 16th January 2008at its home base in Manching, Germany. The

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The seven Eurofighter IPAs took over the flighttest task from seven Development Aircraftthat had completed their function some yearsago. The IPAs, although built and paid for bythe Nations, are loaned to the industrial part-ner companies for flight testing and are cov-ered by a NETMA contract for flight andground testing until they are released back tothe Nations.

Having a comprehensive fleet of test air-craft is essential to the programme as someelements of the design such as the aerodynamicor sensor performance can only truly be test-ed and verified in flight. Although broadly

similar, each of the IPAs have been tailoredfor the specific roles they are required for.An example being IPA 6 which is mainly fo-cused on avionics and has a comprehensiveavionics monitoring capability but it is not fullyequipped with the additional strain gauges re-quired for aerodynamic and structural testing.

All seven aircraft have been active in thelast year, and now is a chance to catch up withtheir progress:

IPA 1 is a UK owned aircraft, whose firstflight was on 15th April 2002 and has recordedover 450 flights totalling almost 450 hours inthe air. The aircraft has been contributing tothe development of the Flight Control System,namely the release of the different softwarepackages. Recently it has started testing (re-lease and jettison) Phase 1 Enhancement de-velopment for Tranche 2.

IPA 2, who recorded the earliest first flightof all the IPAs on 5th April 2002, Italianowned, tested the communication and naviga-tion systems. It was also involved in weaponstesting and was prominent in the Tranche 2EJ200 testing. Currently in Caselle, the Aleniasite in Turin, IPA 2 started a one year lay-upwhere it will undergo substantial modifica-

IPA update

Test the Best!IPA2 on a test flight overNorthern Italy

IPA3 undergoing wing loadtest with 4 x Paveway II bombsand external fuel tanks, overSouthern Germany

IPA5 on its first flight on 7 June 2004 at Warton,Lancashire

tions to bring the aircraft up to the func-tionality of a Tranche 2 production aircraft.The lay-up will involved dismantling the air-craft and updating its computers.

IPA 3, a German owned Eurofighter Typhoon, had its first flight on 8th April 2002and was handed back in mid 2008 to theGerman Operational Test Centre (WTD 61) inManching. It is now used as one of the ExportCampaign aircraft for Germany and has al-ready participated in the Swiss campaign andwill shortly be involved in the Indian campaign.

IPA 4, the Spanish aircraft, recorded itsmaiden flight on 27th February 2004 andwas the first single seat IPA. Its main tasksare data link and weapons testing. It alsoconducted early Meteor carriage trials butfocussed mainly on air-to-ground weaponstesting. The aircraft has started an 11 monthlay-up in order to bring the aircraft up toTranche 2 functionality as with IPA 2.

IPA 5 is another UK owned aircraft and asingle seater. It flew for the first time on 7thJune 2004. The aircraft operates out of BAE

IPA1 with full payload in flight overLancashire

IPA4 undergoing Cold Weather Trials in temperatures as low as -31°C in Vidsel, Sweden.

aircraft is currently carrying out Tranche 2DASS testing and will play an important rolewith the digital short range missile, IRIS-T.It will also be involved in MAW (Missile Approach Warner) testing.

There is also one more test aircraft in use;ISPA1 (Instrumented Series Production Air-craft). This twin seater is loaned from theRoyal Air Force and is operated by BAE Sys-tems in Warton under a 50% contract sharewith the RAF for testing the DASS and the newhelmet.

The IPAs play a vital role in developingfuture capabilities for Eurofighter Typhoon.They are the end of an extensive process toprove the correctness of design and thusopen new chapters in the operational life ofEurofighter Typhoon.

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Aircraft Fl hrs First flight Test activity

IPA1 449 15 April 2002 • Twinseater

BAE Systems • Flight Envelope Expansion

• Carefree Handling

IPA2 391 5 April 2002 • Twin Seater

Alenia • Com/Nav, weapons

• Tranche 2 engine

• To be upgraded TR2

IPA3 434 8 April 2002 • Twin Seater

Ex-EADS Deutschland • Since 15 Aug 2008 with German OTC

IPA4 434 27 Feb 2004 • Single Seater

EADS CASA • Environmental testing, Weapons

• Communications/MIDS

• To be upgraded for TR2

IPA5 421 7 June 2004 • Single Seater

BAE Systems • Avionics

• Carefree Handling

IPA6 118 1 Nov 2007 • Single Seater

BAE Systems • TR1 a/c TR2 avionics

• P1E

IPA7 50 16 Jan 2008 • Single Seater

EADS Deutschland • 1st TR2 aircraft (Block 8)

ISPA1 414 11 May 2004 • Twin Seater

BAE Systems • DASS

• Helmet

The Eurofighter Typhoon’s fleet of Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA) forms the finalstage in the extensive testing process for the aircraft. This testing starts with earlychecks of components or detailed parts and builds up to full testing of the weapons systemon complex rigs. The IPAs are the test beds for the effective functionality of the designand thus, in the end, certify new capabilities – hardware or software.

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With more than 400 exhibiting companiesfrom 33 nations and 100,000 visitors,Aero India 2009 was the nation’s largestaerospace exhibition and air show. It tookplace at Yelahanka Air Station of the IndianAir Force near Bangalore from the 11th to15th February.

Eurofighter Typhoon was undoubtedly oneof the stars at the show. Eurofighter’s pres-ence was highlighted by three German aircrafton display, both in flight and at the staticaircraft park. The full weapons complement ofEurofighter Typhoon was also presented withthe aircraft. A seventy soldiers delegation fromthe German Air Force contingent of FighterWing 73 “Steinhoff” took care of the aircraftthroughout the event.

Alongside the twice daily aircraft displays,the Eurofighter Typhoon stand was anothermajor attraction at the show. Distinguishedguests were welcomed by Aloysius Rauen,CEO Eurofighter GmbH, and the Eurofighter

Typhoon team. Amongst the visitors to theEurofighter stand were Indian Secretary ofState for Defence Pullam Ragu, the GermanSecretary of State for Defence ChristianSchmidt and Indian industrialist Ratan Tata.

Another highlight at the show was the Eu-rofighter press conference, which was heldtogether with the Chiefs of Air Staff. GermanAir Force Lieutenant General Klaus-PeterStieglitz and Royal Air Force Air Chief Mar-shal Sir Glenn Torpy took part along sideLieutenant General Aldo Cinelli representingthe Italian Air Force and Major General JesusPinillos from the Spanish Air Force.

EADS, on behalf of the Eurofighter con-sortium, leads the export campaign for Indiathat has a requirement for up to 126 Multi-Role Combat Aircraft and where EurofighterTyphoon is a competitor. Bernhard Gerwert,CEO of Military Air Systems, an integratedBusiness Unit of EADS Defence & Security,took the opportunity to brief the media onthe objectives of the EADS lead campaign andsaid in Bangalore: "We are ready to provideour operational, support, engineering and de-velopment capabilities to the Indian aerospaceand defence sector which is growing fast andwe want to grow together with this dynamicdevelopment."

The German Air Force attended the eventfor the first time this year, recording thelongest ever flight of Eurofighter Typhoon enroute over a distance of about 5 000 miles ina continuous flight from Laage, the North EastGerman air force base, to Abu Dhabi. The

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many shared daily flights with his colleagueGerhardt (Gery) Kraehenbuehl. Commentingafter the event, Chris said that the EurofighterTyphoon, in his opinion, performed betterthan any other aircraft at the event, especiallygiven the exceptional conditions of heat andaltitude in Bangalore. “The aircraft would pullinto a tight climb immediately after take off ina shorter and tighter turn than any other jet”.

When interviewed by the German Air Forceat the event, Chris discussed the EurofighterTyphoon’s outstanding performance and ca-pability. He highlighted that the exceptionalpower and performance of the aircraft com-bined with advanced aerodynamics and con-

trol systems make it very agile at all speeds,well into the supersonic spectrum yet it isalso extremely easy to handle. In all elevenair displays at the air show, the EurofighterTyphoon encountered not a single technicalproblem.

Eurofighter Typhoon in Bangalore

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Thousands of visitors saw the Eurofighterpromotional film in the public cinema at theEurofighter stand, while media, industry andgovernment officials were briefed by air forcepilots and industry briefers.

Eurojet also supported the event. The en-gine consortium is currently delivering the en-gines for the Tranche 2 aircraft including theexport aircraft to Austria and the Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia. Over 160 aircraft are operated bythe Air Forces of Germany, Italy, Spain, theUnited Kingdom, and Austria. They amassedover 50,000 flying hours by the end of 2008and when the test fleet operated by industry,had surpassed the 6000 flying hours mark.

Following the conclusion of the air show,the German Air Force jets took off fromBangalore for the return leg. The Eurofightersand the Airbus A310 (Passenger version)along with an Airbus A310 MRTT (Multi RoleTransport Tanker) successfully landed attheir respective home bases in Rostock andCologne late Tuesday 17th February 2009.concluded a challenging yet exceptionally re-warding deployment to Asia.

flight lasted eight hours and thirty minutes,a new record for the aircraft supported bythe first operational air-to-air refuelling withan Airbus A310 MRTT (Multi Role TransportTanker). The deployment provided broad ex-perience to include both technical and logisticalprocedures as well as know-how for futureactivities and operations. Chief of Staff of theGerman Air Force, Lieutenant General Klaus-Peter Stieglitz, expressed his satisfactionduring his visit to India: “This air show is

tremendous and we were able to demonstrateparts of our capabilities very successfully.With Eurofighter and MRTT in operation, theGerman Air Force will be well prepared forfuture challenges.”

The major attraction especially for thepublic attending the exhibition and air showwas the flying display. Chris Worning, SeniorEurofighter Project Pilot from EADS in Ger-

Mr Pullam Ragu, Indian Minister for Defence donsa Eurofighter Baseball Cap

Pilot Chris Worning, Commanding Officer AndreasSchick, Brigadier General Riedel and pilot GeriKraehenbuehl at Aero India

Geri Kraehenbuehl prepares for take off at Aero India 2009

German Eurofighter Typhoon on thetaxi way at Yelahanka Air StationBangalore, India

EurofighterTyphoontaking off fora displayflight overBangalore,India

Ground crew make final checks before display flight at Aero India 2009 in Bangalore, India

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Eurofighter Typhoon with weapon capabilityon display at Aero India 2009

PerformanceThe air show was very successful for Eurofighter Typhoon. The aircraft performedexceptionally well in the conditions of Ban-galore, out performing other aircraft whosuffered from the heat and altitude with slow

manoeuvres and sequences. Our aircraft flewvery well, although the six minute sequencesbecame seven minute sequences in the con-ditions. Bangalore was a lot warmer than theconditions of Manching where the routineswere perfected. Being at a higher altitudemeant that all manoeuvres were a bit slower.

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Above: Chris Worning on a display flight aboveBangalore, IndiaBelow: The daily morning pilots briefing at AeroIndia 2009Chris

Worningcarrying outpre flightcheck withground crew

Early StartsNormally we would depart the hotel between6.30am and 7.30am to reach the air showfor the morning brief at 8.30am. Followingthe briefing, I would then prepare for thefirst air display of the day. I usually carriedout the morning flights and my colleagueGerhardt Kraehenbuehl (Geri) would fly theafternoon displays.

After getting changed into my flight suit,I would then speak with the German AirForce ground crew to check everything wasin order from the previous day’s flying aswell as check where the aircraft would beparked (this changed daily). It was importantto ensure we were properly slotted in withthe other aircraft in the air display so themovement around the apron and airfieldworked smoothly.

PreparationImportantly, the maintenance of the aircraftwas carried out regularly by the ground crew.

I would also check theEngineering SupportSystem, part of theGround Support Sys-tem, which managesthe support of the air-craft, its configurationand software, collect-ing problems as theyoccur. We didn’t haveany problems with theaircraft all week butthe pilots needed to

check it every day and sign it off as safe to fly. Once we had cleared the aircraft, we would

then enter the morning heat on the longwalk to where the aircraft was parked on theapron for the flight at around 11am. Followingthe display, I would change into a clean flyingsuit and make my way over to the EurofighterTyphoon stand to provide support. In theconditions of Bangalore and flying in an airdisplay you tend to sweat a lot so I had to en-sure I drank a lot of water

The Phase 1 Enhancements (P1E) Develop-ment for Tranche 2 Eurofighter Typhoon hasmade another step forward in its trials pro-gramme with the first releases of EnhancedGBU-16 1000lb weapons which confirms thesafe separation characteristics. Two drops wereperformed in January in the south of Spainfrom Instrumented Production Aircraft (IPA)4 which then joined the P1E air vehicle flighttrials programme.

At the same time, Italian IPA2 performedtrials with the 500lb Paveway IV bomb. Aftercompletion of Flutter and Environmental trials,the recent activities were focused on con-firming the aircraft performance characteris-tics with the new class of dual mode guided500lb bombs. With the air vehicle programmefor P1E in full swing, the Avionics Develop-ment is also gathering pace. Initial softwareproducts were being tested at the start of theyear on the rigs in order to begin AvionicsFlight Trials later in 2009.

In April, another milestone in the P1EProgramme was fulfilled when the EGBU-16Release and Jettison Trials programme wascompleted with the 5th and final drop of EG-BU-16 from IPA4 operating from Moron Air-base in Spain. P1E is providing major capa-bility enhancements in the Air to Ground Rolefor Eurofighter Typhoon by integrating En-hanced GBU-16 and Paveway IV bombs foravailability in 2011.

The 1st April saw the success of a uniqueAMRAAM firing trial at Moron Air base inSouthern Spain. The trial was the result ofclose cooperation between the Spanish andBritish Flight Test Centres of EADS CASA andBAE Systems, under guidance of EurofighterGmbH, using Eurofighter Typhoons IPA4 andIPA5 - Spanish and British aircraft respectively.

The objective of the testing was to fire theAMRAAM missile from a Eurofighter Typhoonwhilst its radar was in passive mode andthus “invisible” for Electronic Support Mea-sures (ESM) Systems. The necessary targetdata for the missile was acquired by the radarof a second Eurofighter Typhoon and trans-mitted using the Multi Functional InformationDistribution System (MIDS). Both aircraftwere separated by quite a distance in range.

This scenario is especially relevant forEurofighter Typhoon’s Beyond Visual Range(BVR) air combat capability against high levelthreats, including Low Observable aircraft.

Spain’s IPA4 led the trial as the “firer”,while IPA5 as the “cooperator” illuminated thetarget with its radar active. This trial is the

Camaraderie

All the pilots at the air shows get on well, nomatter where in the world you are from andwhich aircraft or company you are flying for.We often spend time together sharing jokesor tips for the show, but never discussing therelative strengths or weaknesses of our ownaircraft. There is always a nice atmosphere atthe event which makes air shows like AeroIndia an enjoyable experience.

P1 Enhancements forEurofighter TyphoonMove Forward

Aero India

A Pilots ViewAMRAAM Test

Eurofighter AchievesUnique AMRAAM Firing

Chris WorningBorn in Copenhagen, Denmark, ChrisWorning has been flying since 1976 in various types of aircraft, ranging from F-100 Super Sabres to the F-16 FightingFalcon, so his experience is vast and his opinion highly valued.Chris provides Eurofighter Review withan insight into what an air show meansto him, what it takes for a pilot to per-form daily and how Eurofighter Typhooncompares to its counterparts.

first known testing of its kind and is the firstmissile firing that Spain has participated inas part of the Eurofighter Typhoon programme,building on their previous flight test workwhich includes Meteor environmental testingand air-to-ground weapon trials.

The complex test was meticulously plannedover several months and involved a largeteam of experts from across all partner nationsas well as the US, who provided support forthe exercise. The trial took place at a closedrange in Southern Spain using a Mirach drone.

IPA5, the supporting British aircraft flewover from Warton in Lancashire on Thursday12th March to assist in the trials and recordeda flight of two hours and four minutes non-stop, covering over 1000 miles to reach Moronair base on only two external fuel tanks andwithout Air Refuelling. IPA4 will now beginan 11 month Lay-up in order to bring the air-craft up to Tranche 2 functionality.

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Eurofighter Typhoon weapon system (CaptorRadar, the Electronic Warfare suite and In-frared Search and Tracker (IRST)) as well asfor the key avionic and mission systemequipment.

Many new Defence Electronic technologieshave been integrated into the Eurofighterprogramme. The performance of the platformhas been convincing since the first aircraftentered into service but for the avionics, it hasbeen a different story.

The early Tranche 1 aircraft were fittedwith “basic” avionics and since then havebeen continuously updated to Main Develop-ment Contract Standard. Whereas Tranche 2Eurofighter Typhoons have quicker computerswith higher data capacity from the start, forexample the New Enhanced Safety Critical

SELEX Galileo has been the main DefenceElectronics Partner for the Eurofighter Typhoon since the initial definition phase ofEurofighter Typhoon in the late 1980s.Through this partnership, new technology hasbeen introduced and integrated in line withthe evolution of the electronics systems andthe changing requirements of the defenceenvironment. The Eurofighter’s avionic andsensor system is one of the most advanced inthe world and SELEX Galileo are proud to beresponsible for more than 60% of the air-craft’s avionics.

SELEX Galileo incorporates many of theEurofighter Consortium’s original industrialpartners including GEC Marconi, Alenia Difesa,Ferranti and Fiar and has made a criticalcontribution to the development activities ofthe Eurofighter Programme by applyingtheir expertise to the programme products.The Company is now the Prime contractor for the three primary sensors of the

Eurofighter: State of the art avionics, sensors and an innovative capability

SELEX GalileoArmament Computer (NESCAC) whichis the basis for the swing role im-plementation. NESCAC offers agreater data processing capa-bility for the expansion ofthe combat capabilities.

At the beginning, theArmament System wasprovided with two com-puters, the SCAC (SafetyCritical ArmamentController) and theNSCAC (Non Safe-ty Critical Arma-ment Con-troller) oper-ating

jointly. The SCAC’s capabilities have been in-creased by creating the ESCAC (Enhanced SCAC).The two systems have also been integrated intothe NESCAC (New Enhanced SCAC). The NESCACis the core for Future Capabilities, aimed tofurther enhance the Eurofighter Typhoon’s oper-ational envelope.

The programme will cover all the Tranche 2aircraft including the retrofit of all those

already delivered and is split into twophases: Phase 1 Enhancements

(P1E) A and B. P1E will provideenhancements in the Human-

Machine Interface (HMI), thedatalink MIDS (Multiple In-formation and Distribution

System), the Global Posi-tioning System GPS and theDefensive Aid Sub System,as well as in the commu-

nication systems. The electronic

sensors that bestcharacterise the

EurofighterTyphoon

are the

Praetorian Defensive Aid Sub System (DASS),the Captor Radar and the PIRATE InfraredSearch and Track, which for all the three, SE-LEX Galileo is the Prime Contractor. ThePraetorian DASS system, conceived by theEuroDASS consortium, led by SELEX Galileo,includes the Radar Warning Receivers of theElectronic Support System, the Missile Ap-proach Warning System and the Laser Warn-ing System to provide a full 360° sphericalcoverage. The system is also equipped withTowed Radar Decoys, which can also be usedduring supersonic flight.

The Captor fire control radar has greatercapabilities than any other mechanicallyscanned radar currently in service. Developedand produced by the Euroradar consortium,led by SELEX Galileo’s Radar and AdvancedTargeting line of business, the Captor is anX-band (8-12 GHz) Pulse-Doppler Radar in-corporating Identification Friend Foe (IFF)with S Mode transponder. The great power,about twice that of competing products, givesthe Captor very high resistance to active andpassive Electronic Counter Measures (ECM),as well as a long range of action.

Flight tests carried out in March 2007 haveproved the feasibility of further enhance-

ments provided by an AESA an-tenna, incorporating

around

1400 Transmit Receive (TR) modules with lessmaintenance and reduced malfunctions.

The Eurofighter Typhoon is also equippedwith the IRST (InfraRed Search & Track)/FLIRPIRATE sensor, developed by EuroFIRST,which allows aircraft to engage targets beyondvisual range in a completely passive way. Allthe collected data is processed and managedby the sensor fusion system and can beshared among eight aircraft, an AWACS anda ground station, thanks to the MIDS systemwith the Link-16 standard.

Furthermore, the information collected byRadar, DASS and IRST from other EurofighterTyphoons can be fused with data collected byon board systems and then presented on themulti-function display, enabling increasedsituational awareness for the pilot.

SELEX Galileo ranks the Eurofighter pro-gramme as a keystone of the Company’s in-dustrial successes and continues to rank it asa major priority by devoting its knowledgeand resources to this programme for a contin-uous growth in the system’s capabilities.

Thanks to its ability to manage complexsystems and its effective supply chain man-agement, SELEX Galileo will continue to suc-cessfully support the Partner Companies andAir Forces to ensure Eurofighter Typhoonremains a key asset to European Air Defenceand across the world.

IRST - InfraRed Search

and TrackSensor

Eurofighter Typhoon at Morón Air ForceBase preparing for training sortie

just Management activities, but also those inthe Eurofighter programme at local workinglevel from across NETMA, the Nations and thePartner Companies - and even in some casesour key suppliers.

By adopting the Foundation proposed im-provements, the Eurofighter project is in aposition to offer better value to the customer,and the Air Forces will be better equipped tosupport the growing and maturing fleets nowin operation across the Nations. This willensure that operational demands can be bettersatisfied than would otherwise have been thecase.

Background

Project Foundation is a change programmethat has been underway across the EurofighterConsortium for over a year and was completedin April. The programme was launched by theSupervisory board in March 2008 in order toaddress improvements to how we will conductour development business, following thecompletion of work on the Main DevelopmentContract (MDC).

The objective is to consistently deliver af-fordable capability on time to our customers,at a time when budgets are tighter than everbefore and the timescale demands of in-servicefleets are ever more pressing. By introducingbetter development processes and processimprovements, and by re-defining the futureproduct and programme strategy, better con-trol and predictability will be ensured whenresponding to new Weapon System require-ments and introducing new capabilities – re-ducing risk, lead time and cost.

Project Foundation was managed by anexperienced team of representatives fromEurofighter GmbH as well as Alenia, BAESystems, EADS CASA and EADS Deutschland.Brian Phillipson led the team, and, followingthe notable achievements over the last year,completed the hand-over of a range of processimprovements to the Eurofighter and CustomerProcess owners by the end of April. Theseprocess owners will then complete implemen-tation of the new initiatives across the busi-nesses during 2009 and the coming years.

The Project Foundation team has system-atically reviewed the way in which the projectcarries out development work, involving not

Achievements

The Foundation Project has been extremelysuccessful over the last year, gaining Indus-try agreement and senior level customer sup-port for process improvements and changesto our contracting approach.

An example of the achievements of Foun-dation over the last year is the improvementsmade to the schedules of the Phase 1 Enhance-ments (P1E) project, extending operationalcapabilities through the P1Ea and P1Ebplanned service releases. The Foundation teamidentified a need to bring these programmesforward by cutting out activities that providedlittle value added, without compromisingflight safety or end functionality and capability.By taking a step back and also challengingthe high risk and overly complex parts of thework, they were able to make a significantpositive impact to the programme, and enablethe re-generation of Customer trust.

Other examples of improvements broughtin by the Foundation programme have beenthe introduction of a new process to ensure ahigher probability of excellent programmeperformance. This includes a new process forensuring customer requirements are accu-rately captured and understood, and not al-lowed to become overly complicated, beforemoving ahead with the development pro-gramme. Similarly, a new management reviewprocess at weapon system level has been in-troduced and already trialled within thebusiness. This process is based on measuringoverall Weapon System maturity to give man-

The change programme has been underway across the Eurofighter Consortium

The Foundation of a Legacy

agement a better understanding of the de-tailed status of the programme and forces en-gineers to regularly assess and confirm thestatus, outlook and risks of their part of thedevelopment. Foundation has also encour-aged the customer to become more involvedin the work being carried out as well asagreeing a move to biennial incremental ca-pability releases and contract updates.

Transformation

The initiatives of Project Foundation aim tounderpin the work of Programme Transfor-mation in the area of Development. Transfor-mation is an allied change programme intro-duced to address the current contractual as-pect of the Eurofighter programme, includingSupport. Whilst Foundation has been primar-ily focused on technology, future businessand development activities, Transformationis concerned with the broader commercialelements of Eurofighter Typhoon, addressingthe increased importance of ‘through life’requirements and focusing on updating thecurrent contracts and In-Service support.This has been kept fully in line with the ap-proach proposed by Project Foundation.

Both Foundation and Transformation werelaunched following a set of workshops heldin Neuburg in Germany at the beginning of2008, which looked at the current aircraftsupport provided by Eurofighter Typhoon anddemanded ways to introduce greater efficiencyacross the programme. The workshops in-volved representatives from NETMA, the Na-tions, the Partner Companies as well as Eurofighter GmbH and addressed variouswork-streams across the entire support en-vironment, including Capability enhancement.

The fundamentals of Transformation havebeen to challenge the way the consortiumworks together across the business by reduc-ing the current number of contracts whichcover the entire life cycle down to a few simpli-fied versions, and by driving out unnecessary

bureaucracy and cost. An example of this hasbeen to rethink the future NETMA contracts tooffer greater visibility and thus control of theprocess; making them less complex, time con-suming and expensive to administer. While thefinal transition from the current contracts tothe new contracting structure is only plannedafter January 2010, work is well underway onthe early stages of the changes and a scheduleis in place for completion by 2011.

The Legacy

It is hoped that the lasting legacy of Founda-tion will be the principles that have been es-tablished by the programme becoming in-grained into daily life across the business.

Given that a number of initiatives wereadapted from Partner Nation processes alreadyin place, it is hoped that some of the lessonslearnt will be fed back into the partner compa-nies to encourage a culture of best practisesharing for the mutual benefit of all. What isclear is that the biggest challenge facing bothProject Foundation and Programme Transfor-mation has been not only identifying wherechanges can be made, but getting them suc-cessfully accepted and implemented in theEurofighter Typhoon business in such a waythat business results are consistently deliveredin the long term.

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Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon equipped with two IRIS-T missiles and drop tank maneuvering over the Spanish coastline

Two Spanish Eurofighter Typhoonflying over Southern Spain

After eight years asa key member of theprogramme, BrianPhillipson departedEurofighter GmbHin April.

A Cambridge Uni-versity Engineering Graduate, Brian devot-ed over 30 years to BAE Systems in the UK,working across the company in roles vary-

ing from Director of Projects for MilitaryAircraft in the early 1990’s and Director ofStrategy and Planning in Head Office toGroup Managing Director for Sea Systemsten years later.

From within BAE Systems, Brian hadsignificant influence on the programme andeven more so internationally within the Eu-rofighter programme organisation. In 1998Brian signed the umbrella contract withNETMA as Managing Director of Eurofight-

er GmbH and in the same year also agreedthe production contract for Tranche 1. TheEurofighter programme has lately benefitedfrom him in key roles including ProgrammeDirector and Chief Operating Officer (Pro-grammes). He has concluded his time withthe programme with the innovative work ofProject Foundation and will leave a lastinglegacy in terms of achievements and impacton the team and programme.

Brian Phillipson Leaves the Programme

EJ200 – The Power behind Eurofighter Typhoon

The EJ200 engine powering the EurofighterTyphoon is one of the world's most advancedengines in its class with an order book of morethan 1,500 engines. A joint European project,the EJ200 is being developed and built by fourcompanies – MTU, Italy's Avio, Spain's ITPand the United Kingdom's Rolls-Royce – underthe roof of the EUROJET engine consortium.

Of these four nations, MTU’s EJ200 shareis 33 percent. The German manufacturercontributes the low-pressure compressor andhigh-pressure compressor and the electronicengine control unit to the EJ200; in addition,MTU is responsible for assembly and testingof all EJ200 engines produced in Germany.

From Tranche 2 (the second productionbatch of Eurofighter Typhoon, which enteredproduction in 2006) onwards, the EJ200 en-

in the following multinational projects: EJ200engine to power the Eurofighter Typhoon,TP400-D6 for the emerging A400M militarytransport, the RB199 for the Tornado and theMTR390 for the French-German Tiger attack-escort helicopter. The company also hasstakes in military engines built by GeneralElectric.

MTU Aero Engines – Today

MTU Aero Engines is a globally orientedcompany with affiliates in Germany (Berlin-Brandenburg and Hannover), Poland, NorthAmerica, Malaysia and China with a workforceof some 7,100 people worldwide. In the 2007fiscal year, it chalked up 2.6 billion euros inconsolidated sales. MTU Maintenance is theworld's largest independent provider of com-mercial engine maintenance services. Aworldwide leader in the technological industry,MTU Aero Engines has established foremostpositions in low-pressure turbine and high-pressure compressor technologies and manu-facturing and repair techniques.

In the military sector, the company is theBundeswehr's (German Army) major indus-trial partner for practically all of its operationalaircraft engine types. MTU provides a fullrange of services, from maturing enablingtechnologies through developing and manu-facturing engines and engine components, toproviding maintenance and customer training.In major European engine programs, MTU isthe German partner, with a significant role

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EJ200 is one of the world´s most advanced engines

EUROJET – Shareholder MTU Aero Engines celebrates its 75th Birthday

gines come with a new fully integrated digitalengine control and monitoring unit, theDECMU, which is mainly developed by MTU.

Cooperative Model

The Bundeswehr and MTU are blazing newtrails with their cooperative model of jointindustry-military maintenance, an example ofwhich is the collaboration that exists for themaintenance of the Eurofighter Typhoon andits equipment. In essence, the cooperative

model co-locates EJ200 repairs at a single site,MTU's Munich facility, where repairs havetaken place since 2003. This prevents dualcapacities, leverages resources to best effect,and saves time and cost. MTU manages andassumes responsibility for the maintenanceeffort, however, the Luftwaffe (German AirForce) remains directly involved in the overallprocess.

Having demonstrated just how successfulsuch a cooperative model can be, it is nowbeing extended to other engines as well: inmid-November 2005, MTU and the German

Federal Office of Defense Technology andProcurement (BWB) agreed to include theRB199 (Tornado), J79 (Phantom) and RR250-C20 (PAH1 Helicopter) engines in this scheme.The J79 and EJ200 are repaired at MTU'sMunich facility, the RB199 and RR250-C20 inan MTU shop at the Air Base in Erding.MTU's Erding facility is the first civilian-runrepair line inside a Luftwaffe installation.The MTR390, which powers the Tiger heli-copter, has also been included in the cooper-ative model.

MTU’s 75th birthday in 2009

MTU Aero Engines is a long-standing company,rich in tradition and promise for the future.Its predecessor companies equipped the firstpowered airplanes at the beginning of the20th century, resulting in the foundation ofBMW Flugmotorenbau GmbH, MTU’s legalpredecessor, in 1934. This year, Germany’sleading engine manufacturer celebrates its75th anniversary. Today, the company is afirmly established player in the engine indus-try and is working on the technologies of to-morrow.

On time for its 75th anniversary, the com-pany’s museum reopened its doors in 2008.Well worth a visit, it hosts 30 exhibits in anarea of 850 square meters, all of which reflectthe history of powered aviation. The collectionincludes restored historic aero engines, ofwhich only a few copies have survived, today’saircraft engines and components, and tech-nologies that anticipate the future of aviation.It is justly considered to be one of the finestcollections of its type worldwide.

MTU Aero Engines, Germany's leading aircraft engine manufacturer and a global player in the market, develops,manufactures, markets and supports commercial and military aircraft engines. The company, active in theaircraft arena since 1934, ably demonstrates its full engine competence offering a product mix of comple-mentary modules that spans the entire engine and also offers a repair service for industrial gas turbines.This year, MTU celebrates its 75th year in the aircraft industry.

MTU headquaters in Munich, Germany

In the final assembly and repair of the EJ200 engine, MTU and

the German Luftwaffe are findingnew ways to cooperate

with each other.

High-pressure ratio compressors

• LP compressor

• 3 stages, all blisk

• No IGVs

DECMU

• Advanced Full Authority Digital Control

and Monitoring Unit (FADEC)

• Full carefree handling

• Built-in fault diagnosis/testability

• Built-in engine life monitoring

Blades and vanes

• Manufactured by MTU in cooperation with Rolls-Royce

• HP compressor

• 5 stages, 3 blisks

• 1 stage VIGV

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Objektum Solutions Delivers Eurofighter Specific Training and Migration Services

Organisations involved with the EurofighterTyphoon commit to financial and technicalinvestment in software systems that are criti-cal to the success of the project. Over timeexternal influences such as hardware, plat-form or skills obsolescence create a substantialrisk to a company's ongoing involvementwith Eurofighter.

Objektum Solutions has a proven trackrecord in helping organisations to keep pacewith technology changes throughout the Eurofighter software lifecycle by providingspecific training programmes to ensure thatengineers have the required knowledge towork with the latest tools and processes.

Founded in the 1990’s, Objektum Solutionsboasts a 25 year involvement with the Eurofighter project through key staff mem-bers, who have been involved with softwaredevelopment on the project since its inception.Its method involves the delivery of coursesand workshops which include actual projectrequirements, allowing the delegates to im-mediately apply their new knowledge in thework place.

Knowledge Transfer

Experience demonstrates that ensuring allmembers of a software team work to thesame processes in order to mitigate risk aswell as reduce the cost of development andfuture maintenance.

The Objektum Solutions Eurofightertraining programme is designed to providedelegates with an understanding of thetools and techniques used in the specificationand design of software for Eurofighter LRIs.

Working closely with industry partners(BAE SYSTEMS, EADS, CASA and Alenia),Objektum Solutions ensures that its trainingmaterial is always in step with the currenttrends in Eurofighter software development.

The programme covers the following subjects:• Ada83 and Ada95• Controlled requirements Expression

(CoRE)• Hierarchical Object-Oriented Design

(HOOD)• Requirements Management and

Traceability (RM&T) using DOORS• Interface Definition using the ICD Tool• Enhanced LPS Development Process

(ELDP)• Unified Modeling Language (UML)• State-based Modelling

Mitigating Obsolescence

In addition to their training services, Objek-tum Solutions also provides tools to assist inthe migration from legacy technologies tomodern tools and techniques.

Most military and aerospace Ada softwarehas been designed and developed using theHierarchical Object Oriented Design (HOOD)methodology, which is rapidly becoming obso-lete. A software design can be represented us-ing a more modern notation, such as the Uni-fied Modeling Language (UML), but there is nostandard mapping between UML and Ada.

Ada, HOOD and the UML profile have aformal structure, allowing Objektum Solutions’LegacyBridge tool to analyse the HOOD model,Ada source code and automatically generateUML class and activity models using the ap-propriate profile element.

The LegacyBridge provides the facility toanalyse either the HOOD detailed design doc-ument and/or Ada source code allowing engi-neers to:• View the results and check for errors in

the design detailed• Report differences between the HOOD

design and Ada source code• Merge the Ada code with existing HOOD

design information• Generate a UML model of the legacy

design

When a UML model is generated, structure(objects/packages, constants, types, dataand operations) can be created as well as amodel of the behaviour (i.e. the implementa-tion of each operation).

Once the design has been migrated, engi-neers can then exploit the richness of theUML notation to further develop projects andeven forward generate code.

As the Eurofighter project continues toevolve to meet the requirements of modernair forces, Objektum Solutions will remain atthe forefront of its software development inorder to assist organisations effectively workwith the changes demanded of them.

Further details can be obtained from the Ob-jektum Solutions website:

www.objektum-solutions.com

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after forty years of working within Aerospaceand Defence. Wolfdietrich was a member of theGerman Air Force in his early career, retiringas Major after 20 years, establishing himselfas an experienced press officer. Followinghis departure from the Luftwaffe in 1988, hetook up roles as editor and editor in chief invarious publications within the defence sector– most notably a successful stint as Editor inChief of the respected German publicationFlug Revue.

Joining Eurofighter GmbH and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (later to become EADS)in the late 1990’s, Wolfdietrich took up the roleas Head of Communications in Military Air-craft, then in 2004 moved to Eurofighter tohead up PR & Communications in what hasnow become his final professional role.Wolfdietrich’s extensive experience, knowledgeand passion for the programme will be sadlymissed, both within Industry and by hismany friends and colleagues in the media.

New Eurofighter CEOAppointed

We are pleased toadvise that theShareholders’ rep-resentatives of theEurofighter consortium have appointed Enzo Casolini asthe new CEO of

Eurofighter GmbH with effect from 1 May 2009. Mr Casolini takes over fromAloysius Rauen, who left the company on 30 April.

Born in 1945 , Mr. Casolini began his careeras an officer in the Italian Air Force, and itwas in this capacity that he first lived andworked in Germany. In 1978, he joined NAMMA

Eurofighter CEO Moves On

Aloysius (Ays) Rauen, CEO of Eurofighter forsome 5 years, leftEurofighter at the endof April 2009. Priorto joining Eurofighter,Mr. Rauen was Pres-ident and CEO ofEADS Military Air-craft and has re-mained a member ofits Supervisory

Board since 2005. A graduate in AeronauticalEngineering, Ays Rauen has worked in thedefence and aerospace industry throughouthis career, and became a fellow of the RoyalAeronautical Society in 1997. Mr Rauen leftEurofighter GmbH in order to take on a newset of challenges as Chairman of the Manage-ment Board of Demag Crane AG.

Ays Rauen led Eurofighter GmbH throughan extremely challenging, but successfulperiod. During his tenure, the EurofighterTranche 2 order was secured, the aircraftcompleted its entry into service with the fourCore Nation Air Forces and assumed Quick Reaction Alert duties, as wellas demonstrating its multi-role capability. Healso played a leading role in securing theAustrian export contract and in overseeingits implementation. In his final months atEurofighter, he led the effort to secure a Tranche 3 order, the contract for which wasready for signature by the time of his depar-ture. We express our gratitude for his leader-ship over a sustained period and wish himwell in his new role.

Head of Communications Retires

Wolfdietrich Ho-eveler, Vice Presi-dent of Communica-tions at EurofighterGmbH over the pastfour and a halfyears, retired fromthe team and theCompany in April

(NATO MRCA Management Agency) in Munich, and was responsible for aircraftequipment qualification.

Mr Casolini left the Italian Air Force in1987 and in 1989 joined Aeritalia (later Alenia Aeronautica), where he was assignedto the company’s National Marketing andSales Division. In 2002, he was appointedSenior Vice President and Head of Commercialfor Military Air Systems, the position fromwhich he now joins Eurofighter. Mr Casolinihas a long and deep association with thecompany and was until this appointment amember of its Supervisory Board since 2005.Enzo Casolini is married and has one son.

New Lead for PR andCommunications

As the new Headof PR and Commu-nications, Valerio Bonellijoins the Programmefrom Partner Com-pany Alenia Aeronau-tica in Italy. As an experienced press

officer and journalist, Valerio moved from hisrole as Head of Media and International Com-munications in April to take up the position in Eurofighter GmbH. Mr Bonelli brings withhim extensive knowledge of the Defence andAerospace Industry, following time at Fin-meccanica and AIR PRESS in Rome. ValerioBonelli replaces Wolfdietrich Hoeveler whoretired in April.

For all media enquiries, please contact communications@eurofighter.com or visit the Eurofighter Typhoon websitewww.eurofighter.com

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