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ECR Typhoon
https://www.janes.com/article/92377/...an-requirement
Airbus proposes ECR/SEAD Eurofighter, emphasises German requirementAirbus Defence and Space (DS) has showcased a new electronic attack and counter-ground-based air defence variant of the Eurofighter combat aircraft as it looks to secure Germany's Tornado replacement requirement.Speaking at the company's Manching facility in southern Germany on 5 November, Kurt Rossner, head of Air Combat, provided the first insight into Airbus DS plans for an Electronic Combat Reconnaissance (ECR)/Suppression of Enemy Air Defences (SEAD) version of the Eurofighter to replace the Luftwaffe's Tornado ECR aircraft. This Tornado ECR replacement covers 40 aircraft as part of the wider Tornado IDR/ECR replacement programme for 85 aircraft. As noted by Rossner, the ECR/SEAD configuration is a collaborative German industrial effort and forms part of the key technology roadmap for the aircraft. An ECR/SEAD Eurofighter offers the possibility of combining the escort and stand-in jammer platforms of any strike package, with an initial capability to be gained through podded systems before a more integrated solution is developed. The ECR/SEAD configuration shown by Airbus comprises a pair of escort jammer pods on the underwing stations currently typically used to carry drop tanks, while three 1,000 litre tanks would be carried on the centreline and two inboard underwing pylons. These three stations are currently 'dry', and would need to be plumbed to carry fuel tanks. The aircraft is also shown carrying the SPEAR-EW weapon recently showcased by MBDA as a future SEAD weapons system, wingtip emitter locator stations, and both short- and long-range air-to-air missiles. As noted by Rossner, the ECR/SEAD Eurofighter would "almost certainly" be a twin-seat aircraft with the rear cockpit devoted to operating the complex mission systems. The ECR/SEAD configuration is part of a wider long-term capability development plan for the Typhoon combat aircraft that will span the coming decades. Announced at the Paris Airshow in June, this project that has been agreed with the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) on behalf of the partner countries, is called the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) plan. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....28019ef0b.jpeg |
Drone work
Originally Posted by ORAC
(Post 10612864)
https://www.janes.com/article/92377/...an-requirement
Airbus proposes ECR/SEAD Eurofighter, emphasises German requirementAirbus Defence and Space (DS) has showcased a new electronic attack and counter-ground-based air defence variant of the Eurofighter combat aircraft as it looks to secure Germany's Tornado replacement requirement.Speaking at the company's Manching facility in southern Germany on 5 November, Kurt Rossner, head of Air Combat, provided the first insight into Airbus DS plans for an Electronic Combat Reconnaissance (ECR)/Suppression of Enemy Air Defences (SEAD) version of the Eurofighter to replace the Luftwaffe's Tornado ECR aircraft. This Tornado ECR replacement covers 40 aircraft as part of the wider Tornado IDR/ECR replacement programme for 85 aircraft. As noted by Rossner, the ECR/SEAD configuration is a collaborative German industrial effort and forms part of the key technology roadmap for the aircraft. An ECR/SEAD Eurofighter offers the possibility of combining the escort and stand-in jammer platforms of any strike package, with an initial capability to be gained through podded systems before a more integrated solution is developed. The ECR/SEAD configuration shown by Airbus comprises a pair of escort jammer pods on the underwing stations currently typically used to carry drop tanks, while three 1,000 litre tanks would be carried on the centreline and two inboard underwing pylons. These three stations are currently 'dry', and would need to be plumbed to carry fuel tanks. The aircraft is also shown carrying the SPEAR-EW weapon recently showcased by MBDA as a future SEAD weapons system, wingtip emitter locator stations, and both short- and long-range air-to-air missiles. As noted by Rossner, the ECR/SEAD Eurofighter would "almost certainly" be a twin-seat aircraft with the rear cockpit devoted to operating the complex mission systems. The ECR/SEAD configuration is part of a wider long-term capability development plan for the Typhoon combat aircraft that will span the coming decades. Announced at the Paris Airshow in June, this project that has been agreed with the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) on behalf of the partner countries, is called the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) plan. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....28019ef0b.jpeg |
Ludicrous waste of a fighter interceptor. |
Originally Posted by Mil-26Man
(Post 10613116)
On the contrary, if, as the story says, this ECR/SEAD platform would "almost certainly be a twin-seater, it seems like a good way to utilise the current training fleets as that role is increasingly being taken on in the simulator.
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Originally Posted by Minnie Burner
(Post 10613097)
Ludicrous waste of a fighter interceptor.
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Would they be able to use the conformal fuel tanks, instead, or perhaps in addition to the external jugs?
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Trucking bombs? Yes. Also ludicrous.
More drone work. |
Yes indeed. Should be doing practice intercepts over the North Sea, not actually doing a job. After all, when they get the once in a generation chance to splash another aircraft they need to be ready. Editted to add: Just remembered...the USN got the once in a generation air to air kill so prob best that the Typhoon keeps going with other stuff. |
Originally Posted by orca
(Post 10613732)
Yes indeed. Should be doing practice intercepts over the North Sea, not actually doing a job. After all, when they get the once in a generation chance to splash another aircraft they need to be ready. Editted to add: Just remembered...the USN got the once in a generation air to air kill so prob best that the Typhoon keeps going with other stuff. |
Originally Posted by Minnie Burner
(Post 10613097)
Ludicrous waste of a fighter interceptor.
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Originally Posted by Minnie Burner
(Post 10613834)
Still wouldn't use my Ferrari to take rubbish to the council tip.
Mr Vice |
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