Eurofighter Typhoon News

THE ambitious project to build a 1,000mph car got another Bristol boost as Rolls-Royce announced it is to be a major sponsor for the world record attempt.

Its major involvement is to oversee the supercar's EJ200 jet engine, a Rolls power plant normally found in a Eurofighter-Typhoon. Bloodhound will use this jet to raise its speed to about 350mph before igniting a rocket motor to take it supersonic.

The UK Royal Air Force 's fast jet inventory has undergone a dramatic transformation over the decade since its Operation "Telic" involvement during the second Gulf War with Iraq in 2003, rationalising to just two types: the Eurofighter Typhoon and the Panavia Tornado GR4.

Australia's government is expected to affirm plans to buy up to 100 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets, according to a defense blueprint to be released on Friday, easing concerns hanging over the future of the controversial stealth fighter.

A British team is developing a car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph . Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the Bloodhound SSC vehicle will mount an assault on the land speed record.

The president of the United Arab Emirates met Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday on a visit to Britain where Prime Minister David Cameron is under pressure to raise allegations that UAE police tortured British citizens.

In all of the West, only one all-new fighter, the Lockheed Martin F-35, is in full-scale development.

Here's how a Typhoon multirole aircraft can hit two targets at the same time with a single targeting pod The recent article about the Typhoon fighter jet performing first laser guided, self designating, simultaneous guided bomb drops sparked some debate.

At Lockheed Martin's giant Fort Worth, Texas, plant, they're building a warplane billed as a game changer for air forces of the U.S. and key allies like Canada.

Top Pentagon officials on Wednesday cited both progress and continuing risks on the $396 billion Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program, and said Singapore had shown "tremendous interest" in the next-generation stealth fighter.

Top Pentagon officials on Wednesday cited both progress and continuing risks on the $396 billion Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter program, and said Singapore had shown "tremendous interest" in the next-generation stealth fighter.

If there's one thing a company doesn't want to be known for, it's failure. Arguably, next in line to failure would be asininely expensive.

A BID to supply Eurofighter Typhoons to South Korea is being made by a four-nation consortium, it has been revealed.

During the Cold War, America's allies in Europe were just a stone's throw away from the reach of the Soviet Air Force.