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13 October 2023
by Gareth Jennings
A Luftwaffe Eurofighter at the ILA 2022 exhibition in Berlin. With the previous German government having said it would buy Eurofighter Tranche 5 aircraft to partially replace the Luftwaffe’s Tornado fleet, German industry has called on the current government to make good on that commitment. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)
Representatives of German industry have pressed Berlin to make good on its previously announced plan to buy Eurofighter Tranche 5 combat aircraft.
Commenting after a meeting on the future of the Eurofighter programme hosted by the Defence and Security Department in the Federal Association of the German Aerospace Industries (BDLI eV) on 13 October, several tier 1 suppliers to the German programme publicly called for the government to make good on its commitment to a Tranche 5 buy as part of its wider Tornado replacement plan for the Luftwaffe.
“The clock is ticking. Without a timely decision from the federal government to further develop the Eurofighter, there is a risk of massive technological and economic losses,” BDLI eV – the body that represents German defence aerospace industry – said from its official X (formerly Twitter) account.
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