How much does it cost to fly a Eurofighter Typhoon?

How much does it cost to fly a Eurofighter Typhoon?

The cost of flying a Typhoon for one hour is believed to be in the region of £3,875.

How many Tranche 1 Typhoons are there?

“There are 30 Typhoon Tranche 1 aircraft in the sustainment fleet and the projected average flying hours for each of the aircraft, when they reach their respective out-of-service date, is 2,544.8 flying hours,” Heappey said.

How high can the Eurofighter Typhoon fly?

55,000ft
Maximum altitude: 55,000ft. Armament: internal 27mm Mauser cannon; ASRAAM, Meteor and AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles; Enhanced Paveway II and Paveway IV precision-guided bombs, and Storm Shadow and Brimstone air-to-ground missiles.

What’s the price of a Eurofighter Typhoon?

One disadvantage in the Typhoon’s $65-$136 million price. It is more expensive than the $30-$75 million F-16, while the F-35 was expected to cost on average about $180 million.

Why was the Eurofighter Typhoon delayed by the Cold War?

Political issues in the partner nations significantly protracted the Typhoon’s development; the sudden end of the Cold War reduced European demand for fighter aircraft, and debate existed over the aircraft’s cost and work share.

What was the workshare split for Eurofighter Typhoon?

Since the formation of Eurofighter the workshare split had been agreed at 33/33/21/13 (United Kingdom/Germany/Italy/Spain) based on the number of units being ordered by each contributing nation, all the nations then reduced their orders. The UK cut its orders from 250 to 232, Germany from 250 to 140, Italy from 165 to 121 and Spain from 100 to 87.

How much has the UK spent on typhoons?

The anticipated total cost to the UK of buying, upgrading and supporting Typhoon is £37 billion, of which £18 billion had been spent at the end of 2009-10. The UK originally approved an upper limit of £16.7 billion for the development and production of 232 Typhoons in 1996.