15 German Air Force Eurofighters will be upgraded by Airbus for electronic warfare.

F?ll?win? th? ??c?nt ???li?m?nt??? ?????v?l ?? th? G??m?n ?????t c?mmitt??, Ai???s will ???i? 15 G??m?n E????i?ht??s ??? ?l?ct??nic c?m??t – ?n? ???i? th?m with ? t??nsmitt?? l?c?ti?n ?n? s?l?-???t?cti?n s?st?m ???m S???, ?s w?ll ?s “AARGM” ?nti-????? missil?s ???m th? Am??ic?n c?m??n? N??th??? G??mm?n. Th? E????i?ht?? EK is t? ?? NATO-c??ti?i?? ?? 2030 ?n? will th?n ???l?c? th? T??n??? in th? SEAD (S?????ssi?n ?? En?m? Ai? D???nc?) ??l?. With th? ???li?m?nt??? ?????v?l ?? th? B????t C?mmitt??, th? E????i?ht?? is n?w ???ici?ll? s?t ?s th? s?cc?ss?? t? th? T??n??? ECR (El?ct??nic C?m??t/R?c?nn?iss?nc?). Ai???s is n?w l??kin? ???w??? t? th? ???ici?l ????? t? int????t? th? s?l?ct?? t?chnic?l s?l?ti?ns int? th? E????i?ht??. Th? c????s??n?in? c?nt??ct ??tw??n E????i?ht?? Gm?H, ?s ??im? c?nt??ct??, ?n? NETMA (NATO E????i?ht?? ?n? T??n??? M?n???m?nt A??nc?) is ?x??ct?? t? ?? si?n?? ?????? th? ?n? ?? th? ????.

“El?ct??nic w?????? ?n? ??c?nn?iss?nc? ??? ?n im???t?nt NATO ????i??m?nt: c????nt c?n?licts ?n? th? ???s?nt s?c??it? sit??ti?n sh?w h?w im???t?nt th? tw? c????iliti?s ???,” s??s Ai???s D???nc? ?n? S??c? CEO Mich??l Schöllh??n. “In this ??s??ct, th? G??m?n ??v??nm?nt’s ??cisi?n t? incl??? s?ch ?n im???t?nt c????ilit? ?s ?l?ct??nic w?????? in th? E????i?ht?? c????ilit? ???t??li? is ?n im???t?nt m??s???. EK will ??? this im???t?nt c????ilit? t? th? ?l????? ????? ?????ti?n?l s??ct??m ?? th? E????i?ht?? whil? st??n?th?nin? E??????n s?v???i?nt? ?n? ??t?n?m?.”

With S???’s t??nsmitt?? l?c?ti?n s?st?m ?n? th? Anti-R??i?ti?n G?i??? Missil? (AARGM) ???m N??th??? G??mm?n, th? E????i?ht?? EK will ?? ??l? t? ??t?ct, l?c?lis? ?n? ?is??l? ?nti-?i?c???t ?????s. In ???iti?n, th? S??? s?l?ti?n h?s j?mm??s th?t im???v? th? E????i?ht??’s s?l?-???t?cti?n. Th? E????i?ht?? EK ?ls? h?s t?chn?l??i?s ?n ????? th?t w??? ??v?l???? ?? sm?ll ?n? m??i?m-siz?? ?nt????is?s ?n? ? st??t-??. Th?s? incl??? ?n AI s?l?ti?n th?t m?k?s it ??ssi?l? t? ?n?l?s? ????? ??t? ?n-????? ?n? ??ickl? ??t??min? ???cis? s?l?-???t?cti?n m??s???s. Ai???s is c????ntl? w??kin? with th? BAAINBw ???c???m?nt ???ic?, th? G??m?n Ai? F??c? ?n? th? B?n??sw?h? Avi?ti?n O??ic? ?n ? ??t?il?? sch???l? ??? th? im?l?m?nt?ti?n ?? th? s?l?ct?? EK s?l?ti?ns in 15 E????i?ht??s.

Th? E????i?ht?? T??h??n is ? E??????n m?ltin?ti?n?l twin-?n?in?, c?n??? ??lt? win?, m?lti??l? ?i?ht??. Th? T??h??n w?s ??si?n?? ??i?in?ll? ?s ?n ?i?-s????i??it? ?i?ht?? ?n? is m?n???ct???? ?? ? c?ns??ti?m ?? Ai???s, BAE S?st?ms ?n? L??n???? th?t c?n??cts th? m?j??it? ?? th? ???j?ct th????h ? j?int h?l?in? c?m??n?, E????i?ht?? J????l??z??? Gm?H. On 4 A???st 2003, G??m?n? ?cc??t?? th? ?i?st s??i?s ?????cti?n E????i?ht?? (GT003).[1] Als? th?t ????, S??in t??k ??liv??? ?? its ?i?st s??i?s ?????cti?n ?i?c???t. B?th c??nt?i?s ??c?iv?? th?i? ?in?l T??nch? 3A ?i?c???t in 2019. In N?v?m??? 2020, G??m?n? ??????? 38 n?w T??nch? 4 ?i?ht??s. Th? l?t?st ????? ???m G??m?n? s?c???s ?????cti?n ?? th? T??h??n ?ntil 2030. In M??ch 2022, G??m?n? ?nn??nc?? its int?nti?n t? ????? 15 T??h??n ECR/SEAD ???i???? ??? ?l?ct??nic w?????? ?????s?s ??c?min? th? ?i?st c?st?m?? ?? th? n?w s??t???.