Aircraft Profile

Role                               Multirole fighter

 

Manufacturer              Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH

 

First flight                    27 March 1994

 

Introduction                 4 August 2003

 

Status                           In service

 

Primary users              Royal Air Force
                                       German Air Force
                                       Italian Air Force
                                       Spanish Air Force

Produced                      1994–present

 

Number built               406 as of June 2014
                                       571 ordered (as of January 2013)

 

Unit cost                       £64.8 million (Tranche 1 & 2)
                                       £125m (including development + production costs)

 

Developed from          British Aerospace EAP

 

Variants                        Eurofighter Typhoon variants