I believe all Typhoons should have this, since all are fitted with Praetorian. The only difference is that UK and Saudi Typhoons have been fitted with LWRs in their service life.
Speaking of variants, I told a bit of a fib earlier, Typhoon Tranche 1 would appear to only get 120Bs for MRAAMs, not 120C-5, which was a later integration at Tranche 2 Blk.10.
Whether or not Gaijin chooses to follow this to the letter is anyone’s guess
Give me a bit, because iirc I have some magazines/books of RAF Review from the time Project Centurion was in progress. Might be able to squeeze a bit out of that.
I assume that Phase One Enhancement B (P1EB) is a FGR.4 area? Either way, confirms the use of HMSS and Litening 3 (Sourced via “The Official RAF Annual Review 2016”, by Key Publishing)
So the more the merrier. I can only wish Italy and Germany would fit an LWR, seeing as, well, the people employing them at the minute are finding them quite effective.
you could make a case for the Spanish one having LWS as it has the correct panels just with placeholders instead of the real sensors.
the rest… well, it remains a modular aircraft and nothing is stopping anyone from equipping german or italian ones with that system.
and in regards to PIRATE: after having talked to some ppl the consensus is that it wont happen for Germany. the sensor is, by now, outdated and you can do most of the same features (IRST, FLIR) with the TPOD.
someone would have to pay for it and its not gonna be the germans
it gets hard to jutsify when you have highly advanced sensors in your LITENING V and SNIPER pods
I’m not aware of us placing any orders, thus far we’ve been doing a programme of rolling upgrades (see Project Centurion) but I haven’t heard anything about new builds no.
Mind you, I wouldn’t count on it given the way Defence is going at the minute in Britain.
Yeah, certainly. But the option is always there, though I see your point, since a TPOD can be used for A/A whereas the IRST probably can’t be used for A/G