• Role: Air superiority fighter, Multirole fighter
  
• Manufacturer: Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH
  
• First flight: 27 March 1994
  
• Introduction: 4 August 2003
  
• Status: In service
  
• Produced: 1994–present
  
• Number built: 427 of January 2015
  
• Developed from: British Aerospace EAP

Military Operators

• Royal Air Force
• German Air Force
• Italian Air Force
• Spanish Air Force
• Austrian Air Force
• Saudi Arabia Air Force
• Oman Air Force

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 (operational aircraft) or 2 (training aircraft)
• Length: 15.96 m (52.4 ft)
• Wingspan: 10.95 m (35.9 ft)
• Height: 5.28 m (17.3 ft)
• Wing area: 51.2 m² (551 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 11,000 kg (24,250 lb)
• Loaded weight: 16,000 kg (35,270 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 23,500 kg (51,800 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Eurojet EJ200 afterburning turbofan
  • Dry thrust: 60 kN (13,490 lbf) each
  • Thrust with afterburner: >90 kN (20,230 lbf) each
• Fuel capacity: 5,000 kg (11,020 lb) internal

Performance

• Maximum speed:
  • At altitude: Mach 2 class (2,495 km/h or 1,550 mph)
  • At sea level: Mach 1.25 (1,470 km/h or 910 mph)
• Range: 2,900 km (1,800 mi)
• Combat radius:
  • Ground attack, lo-lo-lo: 601 km (325 nmi)
  • Ground attack, hi-lo-hi: 1,389 km (750 nmi)
  • Air defence with 3-hr combat air patrol: 185 km (100 nmi)
  • Air defence with 10-min. loiter: 1,389 km (750 nmi)
• Ferry range: >3,790 km (2,350 mi with 3 drop tanks)
• Service ceiling: 16,765 m (55,003 ft) for up to 64,000–70,000 ft
• Absolute ceiling: 19,812 m (65,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: >315 m/s (62,000 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 312 kg/m² (63.9 lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 1.15 (interceptor configuration)
• Maximum g-load: +9/−3 g
• Brakes-off to Take-off acceleration: <8 sec
• Brakes-off to supersonic acceleration: <30 s
• Brakes-off to Mach 1.6 at 11,000 m (36,000 ft): <150 s

Armament

• Guns: 1 × 27 mm Mauser BK-27 revolver cannon with 150 rounds
• Hardpoints: Total of 13: 8 × under-wing; and 5 × under-fuselage pylon stations; holding up to 7,500 kg (16,500 lb) of payload
  Typical multi-role configuration for a Tranche 2-P1E would be 4×AMRAAM, 2×ASRAAM/IRIS-T, 4×EGBU-16/Paveway-IV, 2×1000-litre supersonic fuel tanks and a targeting pod.
• Missiles:
  Air-to-air missiles:
  • AIM-120 AMRAAM (AIM-120C-5/7 planned for P2E)
  • AIM-132 ASRAAM
  • AIM-9 Sidewinder
  • IRIS-T
  • MBDA Meteor
  • Air-to-surface missiles:
    • AGM-65 Maverick,
    • AGM-88 HARM,
    • Brimstone
    • Taurus KEPD 350
    • Storm Shadow/Scalp EG
    • SPEAR
• Bombs: **Paveway II/III/Enhanced Paveway series of laser-guided bombs (LGBs)
  • 500lb Paveway IV
  • Small Diameter Bomb (planned for P2E)
  • Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), in the future
  • HOPE/HOSBO, in the future
• Others:
  • Flares/infrared decoys dispenser pod
  • chaff pods
  • Electronic countermeasures (ECM) pods
  • Damocles (targeting pod) (ECM) pods
  • LITENING III laser targeting pod
  • Up to 3 drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time

Avionics

• Euroradar CAPTOR Radar
• Passive Infra-Red Airborne Tracking Equipment (PIRATE)