https://www.janes.com/article/93272/ger ... -of-record
Germany receives final Eurofighter under current programme-of-record
18 December 2019
Germany has received the final Eurofighter combat aircraft
under its current programme-of-record (PoR),
the consortium confirmed to Jane's on 18 December 2019.
The final Tranche 3A aircraft, Luftwaffe serial 31+53,
departed Airbus' Manching production facility in southern Germany on 17 December 2019.
With this delivery,
the Luftwaffe has received into service 143 Eurofighters since the first Tranche 1 aircraft was handed over in 2003.
With this milestone, Germany became the second partner nation after the United Kingdom to conclude its Eurofighter PoR.
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) received its final Tranche 3A aircraft from BAE Systems' Warton site on 27 September 2019,
which brought to an end a production run of 160 aircraft for the RAF that began in 2003.
In the near-term the Manching facility near Munich will focus on
delivering parts for assembly at the other national production facilities in Italy, Spain, and the UK.
A Eurofighter representative noted to Jane's that the line will remain busy through to Project Quadriga
that will see the Luftwaffe replace 32 early Tranche 1 aircraft
with up to 38 new build and active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar-equipped Eurofighters.
A contract for this is expected from the German government shortly.
This continued component manufacture and Project Quadriga work
will see the line at Manching through
to any eventual decision on Germany's Tornado replacement and NATO electronic attack requirements
(the latter is dubbed the Luftgestützte Wirkung im Elektromagnetischen Spektrum [luWES] programme).
If successful and sole-source selected for both,
Eurofighter could be contracted to build a further 97 aircraft for the Luftwaffe
on top of the 38 already earmarked for Project Quadriga.
https://www.aerobuzz.de/militar/die-luf ... bernommen/
Die Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH will zusammen mit den Industriepartnern Airbus, Hensoldt, MBDA, MTU und Rolls-Royce
das Muster bei der Luftwaffe auch als Tornado-Nachfolger in der ECR-Rolle (Electronic Combat Role) platzieren.
Sollte sich der Eurofighter ECR gegen die von Boeing angebotene EA-18G Growler als EloKa-Flugzeug durchsetzen,
könnte die Luftwaffe zu den bisher gelieferten 143 Eurofighter noch mehrere Dutzend zusätzliche Exemplare erhalten.
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