Originally Posted by
GeeRam
I presume these 15 x EW versions of the Typhoon they will be developing will be new build two-seater's....?
They will be new built, that's for sure. If they will be twin- seaters? Quite likely but not yet announced. What is still unclear is if there will be another 40 EF/Typhoon to replace the remaining Tornados. At the moment there are still ~90 Tornados in service and yesterday's announcement only included 50 Aircraft. Looking at the planned development costs of the ECR- Typhoon + the basic aircraft there is also still a gap of ~5bln € to the announced 15bln € for the Tornado replacement. Which would roughly fit another 40 aircraft (likely EF/Typhoon).