Slater Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Interesting, but not sure what will come of it: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-germany-defence-jet-idUKKBN0U30PS20151220 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 They could get real...and buy F-35's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptormodeller Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I think it will just be a modded/new build Typhoon with extra gizmos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 According to the article Germany is holding talks with possible European partners about what they would want from the aeroplane.........Hmnnnn How about a German guarantee not to delay delivery by a decade or so for starters?! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Hope they call it Sturmvogel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/germanys-tornado-reconnaissance-jets-cant-fly-night-report-110632707.html When the RAF started flying Jaguars with NVG's some pilots started putting strips of tape over the offending bright cockpits lights!! One draw back was if your night flyers forgot to clean the cockpit of tape, the day flyers could miss things as some instruments were then not lit. I am surprised its still a problem these days? Shaun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV107 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 If you don't change the lighting to NVG compatible, it is a problem. If you do, then... For instance: http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article383.html And a discussion from some years ago on Pprune (I wonder if oven-compatible lighting will be fitted in the Hercs now we're keeping them....?) http://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/193055-nvg-glass-cockpits.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegaman Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Yes the replacement, its called Typhoon, its perfectly capable of taking the tornados role, and they already have them, just need upgrades 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Ah remember the days before a proper nvg modification;changing all the cockpit lights and captions from day to night and vice versa...proper heath Robinson but it worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlamgat9 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Typhoon or F-35. Or Rafale I suppose. There are no other choices. No-one else is going to invest in another airframe beyond these so they'll be going solo otherwise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 It seems a bit late in the day for Germany to be talking about a 'new' aircraft. Apparently only a fraction of their Tornados are even airworthy. It must be F-35 or upgraded Typhoon, surely. What other European country is in the position to start developing a completely new combat aircraft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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