GAF Procurement Programmes
 

Armaments projects of the German Air Force🇩🇪

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• 38 Eurofighters in a 4th tranche to replace the 33 Eurofighters of the 1st tranche. Delivery in the period 2025 to 2030.
• 35 F-35A Lightning II as a replacement for the Tornado IDS. Delivery in the period 2026 to 2029.
• 15 Eurofighter EK to replace the Tornado ECR. In addition, the procurement of 15 further Eurofighter EK is planned.
• 40 Eurofighters in a 5th tranche to replace the remaining Tornado IDS. Delivery may take place between 2030 and 2040, but no final decision has yet been made.
• Future Combat Air System (FCAS) is to replace the Eurofighter in the long term. Entry into service expected from 2040.
• 5 German Heron TP (GHTP) as a replacement for the Heron 1 reconnaissance drones and as an interim solution until the Eurodrone enters service.
• 21 European MALE RPAS / Eurdrone as a replacement for the German Heron TP. Delivery is scheduled for 2030.
• 53 A400M Atlas to replace the already decommissioned C-160 Transall. Delivery is due to be completed in 2026.
• 3 KC-130J Super Hercules. To be delivered this year.
• Future Medium-Size Tactical Cargo (FMTC) as a replacement for the C-130 Hercules. Entry into service planned from 2040 onwards.
• 60 CH-47F SR Block II to replace the CH-53G medium transport helicopters. Delivery in the period 2027 to 2033.
• 6 IRIS-T SLM fire units as part of an immediate program. Delivery should be completed by 2027.
• 8 squadrons of the air defence system “LVS NNbS” for close and short range protection. Originally, 14 squadrons were planned.
• Modernization of the ten remaining Patriot batteries as part of the "Patriot capability maintenance" project.
• 1 Arrow 3 missile defence system. Initial operational capability is to be established as early as 2025. Full operational capability by 2030.
• Space-based early warning system (TWISTER) EVF for timely warning and defense against missiles by means of space-based surveillance.
• 3 SARah satellites to replace the previous SAR-Lupe reconnaissance satellites.
• 1,074 AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM long-range air-to-air missile.
• AGM-88E AARGM as a replacement for the AGM 88B HARM. Future armament of the Eurofighter EK.

I'm sure BAAINBw won't make a mess out of that little lot!

MBDA Germany is setting up Patriot PAC-2 GEM-T production capacity in Schrobenhausen in expectation of a 3 digit order from Germany.

Final assembly of Meteor, restarting Stinger production and Brimstone production at the site are also on the table.

https://t.co/85Ip0eMOOu

The German Armed Forces' (Bundeswehr) plans to equip their Eurofighter aircraft with Brimstone anti-tank guided missiles, manufactured by the European defense company MBDA.

According to Germany's defense procurement plans, they intend to purchase 274 Brimstone missiles, with the Eurofighter Typhoon jets of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) set to carry this new weapon system.

The procurement is expected to involve the signing of a contract in the second quarter of the year.

Arming the German Eurofighter jets with Brimstone missiles will provide them with the capability to strike against surface targets.

The Brimstone missile, with a reported range of approximately 20 km when fired from aircraft, has been previously integrated with Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Britain's Tornado jets….

They are a long way, if ever, off!

Meanwhile the Tories continue blindly with their plans to reduce the size of the Army, retire RN ships without replacement, reduce the size of the RAF, withdraw entire RAF fleets, withdraw Army IFV’s without replacement and reduce the already paltry main battle tank fleet, whilst simultaneously warning of possible war in 5 years and allocating £50billion+ to fund tax cuts…

Because the lefty lawyer party will be so much more munificent...

Yes, but they are NOT in power at the moment. Pr00ne is talking about those who have had the levers of power for the last dozen years or so and have done nothing but cut all three armed services.

To be fair, they have at least increased budgets over the last five years. Whether that is enough is a different question.

However, never forget that the current leader of the lefty lawyer party actively campaigned - twice - to install a man who would have had us leave NATO and an apologist for Putin to be PM. Those are actions too.....