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Increasingly looks like the additional 25 Typhoon under 'Halcon 2' will be going ahead...Airbus are saying that they'll do the deal in the next few months...google translate available on below article. 17 Tranche 1 upgrades underway as well. Airbus are describing this as an 'additional order'.There will be 2 programmes called 'Substitute aircraft for the C15M(F18)' and 'Substitute aircraft for the AV8B and C15M second phase' (really trips off the tongue doesn't it...) to replace the remaining 60 x F-18M and 12 x AV-8B+ (this excludes the oldest EF-18 replaced by Typhoon under Project Halcon). Presumably the 25 x additional Typhoon will be for the first of these, with the way clear for F-35 to win the second (as it must if the Spanish Navy is to retain fixed wing capability on the Juan Carlos I). The variant/s of F-35 and the numbers will be interesting, it appears that Airbus is angling for more than 25 Typhoon ordered and is bigging up jobs and money in the economy...as you'd expect of course. It might be that Spain goes for a mixed buy of F-35A and B, perhaps for 30+ in total.All we need now is for the German's and Egyptians to sign on the dotted line and it will be over 160 new build Typhoon...now if only BAE could land the Saudi's....[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/4230624/airbus-esperar-cerrar-espana-nuevo-pedido-menos-25-eurofighter-proximos-meses[/URL]
Increasingly looks like the additional 25 Typhoon under 'Halcon 2' will be going ahead...Airbus are saying that they'll do the deal in the next few months...google translate available on below article. 17 Tranche 1 upgrades underway as well. Airbus are describing this as an 'additional order'.
There will be 2 programmes called 'Substitute aircraft for the C15M(F18)' and 'Substitute aircraft for the AV8B and C15M second phase' (really trips off the tongue doesn't it...) to replace the remaining 60 x F-18M and 12 x AV-8B+ (this excludes the oldest EF-18 replaced by Typhoon under Project Halcon). Presumably the 25 x additional Typhoon will be for the first of these, with the way clear for F-35 to win the second (as it must if the Spanish Navy is to retain fixed wing capability on the Juan Carlos I). The variant/s of F-35 and the numbers will be interesting, it appears that Airbus is angling for more than 25 Typhoon ordered and is bigging up jobs and money in the economy...as you'd expect of course. It might be that Spain goes for a mixed buy of F-35A and B, perhaps for 30+ in total.
All we need now is for the German's and Egyptians to sign on the dotted line and it will be over 160 new build Typhoon...now if only BAE could land the Saudi's....
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/4230624/airbus-esperar-cerrar-espana-nuevo-pedido-menos-25-eurofighter-proximos-meses[/URL]
