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oldmansquipper
28th Feb 2020, 13:06
https://www.flightglobal.com/military-uavs/uavs-could-start-replacing-manned-fighters-in-mid-2020s-usaf/136978.article

Typhoon - five years left?

Rigga
28th Feb 2020, 21:35
Typhoon - five years left?

Knowing the MODs strategies and with respect to the forthcoming "expenditures review" the Triphoon will probably surpass its designed life by approximately 15 years.

Asturias56
29th Feb 2020, 08:18
Icould see a small further buy TBH - they're built in the Northern Powerhouse after all

unmanned_droid
29th Feb 2020, 12:55
Given the optionally piloted F-18 test recently, it could be the case that we're looking at it too. We could just apply it to Typhoons directly.