Flexible. Capable. Combat Ready. / Eurofighter Typhoon at Farnborough

Hallbergmoos / Farnborough International (ots) - Eurofighter
Typhoon flies into this year's Farnborough International propelled by
a wave of recent Air Force successes. Its Quick Reaction Alert (QRA)
credentials proven, multi-role capability declared and its ready to
deploy status confirmed, Eurofighter Typhoon is blazing a trail
through the global defence market and cementing its position as the
number one next-generation combat aircraft.

Aloysius Rauen, CEO Eurofighter GmbH, comments: "What we have
witnessed over the last two months in terms of the aircraft
demonstrating its operational capabilities has been groundbreaking.
Eurofighter Typhoon came online in the QRA role for Southern Germany
and assumed Air Surveillance responsibilities for the Austrian Armed
Forces. However, its unmatched dominance in air defence is just the
beginning as the Royal Air Force have declared their multi-role
Eurofighter Typhoons as ready to deploy following the success of
Exercise Green Flag West. Our product really is delivering for our
Air Forces."

Customer-driven achievements have become the norm in 2008, with
joint exercises and foreign deployments stealing the defence
headlines, including: the first four-nation Eurofighter Typhoon
exercise, codenamed "Typhoon Meet", held during two weeks in March at
Morón AFB, Spain; the Italian Air Force hosting "Spring Flag" at
Decimomannu AFB, Sardinia, in April with Eurofighter Typhoon taking a
lead role in the NATO-organised manoeuvres; and the Royal Air Force
opening up the multi-role capability of Eurofighter Typhoon during
detachments to the United States.

The Commander-in-Chief Air Command of the RAF, Air Chief Marshal
Sir Clive Loader, on 01 July described Eurofighter Typhoon as "the
most operationally flexible aircraft it [the RAF] has ever had."

Ten units in five Air Forces are operating the aircraft and,
together, have accumulated over 42,000 in-service flying hours. This,
added to the test fleet's statistics amounts to over 48,000 flying
hours logged by Eurofighter Typhoon.

For the Eurofighter consortium, 2008 has seen a great deal of
activity in export. Requests for Proposal (RFP) have been received
from India and Switzerland. EADS Military Air Systems, acting as
campaign lead in both countries on behalf of the consortium, have
delivered full written responses to both. Further RFPs are expected
from Romania and Japan before year end while a draft Request for
Information (RFI) has been received from Brazil.

Aloysius Rauen continues: "The high interest from export nations
is a reflection of the strength of the programme. The handover of the
ninth aircraft to Austria completes Tranche 1 deliveries in total.
The paperwork for Tranche 2 Type Acceptance has been submitted to
NETMA and the requisite flight tests have been concluded. Some 40
aircraft are already in Final Assembly. Finally, our targets for
Tranche 3 have not changed. Negotiations with the customer are
underway and we aim to have a contract ready by end of 2008 or early
2009."

The Eurofighter presence at Farnborough International features a
Business Pavilion showcasing the Cockpit Demonstrator (EOC standard)
and a host of technology exhibits reflecting the advanced nature of
the aircraft. In the aircraft displays, the Royal Air Force will have
a fully-loaded Eurofighter Typhoon on static display while also
providing a jet to the daily flying programme. Finmeccanica will also
be displaying a Eurofighter Typhoon of the Italian Air Force on their
exhibition area.

Eurofighter Typhoon is the world's most advanced new generation
multi-role/swing-role combat aircraft available on the market and has
been ordered by six nations (Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom,
Austria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). With 707 aircraft under
contract, it is Europe's largest military collaborative programme and
delivers leading-edge technology, strengthening Europe's aerospace
industry in the global competition. More than 100,000 jobs in 400
companies are secured by the programme. Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH
manages the programme on behalf of the Eurofighter Partner Companies
Alenia Finmeccanica, BAE Systems, EADS CASA and EADS Deutschland,
Europe's foremost aerospace companies with a total turnover of
EUR60.7 billion (2006).

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For more information:
Wolfdietrich Hoeveler
Vice President Communication
Eurofighter GmbH
+49 811 801 555 (Office)
+49 172 832 9751(Mobile)
wolfdietrich.hoeveler@eurofighter.com

Phillip Lee
External Communications
Eurofighter GmbH
+49 811 801 587
phillip.lee@eurofighter.com