Eurofighter Mission Capable

Published: Jan 25, 2005
Source: www.itnews.it



HALLBERGMOOS, Germany, January 24 /PRNewswire/ -- This week's edition of the German news magazine "Der Spiegel" claims that the German Air Force Eurofighters have only limited combat readiness and that development costs appear to be higher than expected. On Saturday, the German Ministry of Defence rejected this story and confirmed that all development tasks were running according to plan.
Regarding the alleged limited mission capability, Eurofighter GmbH has repeatedly emphasized, and reiterates again, that the performance standards of Eurofighter are implemented and released in stages. This is a common process and is applied by the international aerospace industry worldwide.
Contrary to Spiegel's reporting the Development Aircraft have already proven Eurofighter's capabilities including gun firing, carriage of external fuel tanks and firing of air-to-air missiles. Series production aircraft have all of these capabilities, but release of relevant clearance to service pilots is a progressive, staged approach.continue..