Photo: This plane is new and has just been expensively upgraded. It will be scrapped soon.Eurofighter Typhoon: It's EVEN WORSE Than We Thought -- The Register
RAF gets just 107 jets – and new budget trainwreck looms.
Analysis Yesterday the UK National Audit Office published a detailed report on the current status of the infamous Eurofighter combat jet – nowadays officially known as Typhoon. We here on the Reg defence desk have always had a low opinion of the cripplingly expensive, marginally useful fighter: but even we were amazed by the new facts and figures. The Eurofighter, almost unbelievably, is turning out to be even worse value for money than we had thought.
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More News On The Eurofighter Typhoon
Raf Typhoon: 'Bad planning' added billions to jet costs -- BBC
Billions added to RAF Typhoons bill -- Press Association
Typhoon costs soar, upgrades not ready until 2018 -- Reuters
Typhoon 'spiralling out of control' -- Defence Management
Reaction: Typhoon cost 'difficult to stomach' -- Defence Management
NAO report slams UK's Typhoon acquisition -- Flight Global
Audit Blames Typhoon Overrun on Over-optimism -- Defense News
RAF forced to cut training hours for pilots on new Typhoon jet -- The Guardian