Eurofighter Typhoon - Specifications

Specifications

Data from Typhoon performance data, BAE Systems page,Superfighters and Brassey's Modern Fighters: The Ultimate Guide to In-Flight Tactics, Technology, Weapons, and Equipment

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 (operational aircraft) or 2 (training aircraft)
• Length: 15.96 m (52.4 ft)
• Wingspan: 10.95 m (35.9 ft)
• Height: 5.28 m (17.3 ft)
• Wing area: 51.2 m² (551 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 11,150 kg (24,600 lb)
• Loaded weight: 16,000 kg (35,000 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 23,500 kg (52,000 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Eurojet EJ200 afterburning turbofan
  • Dry thrust: 60 kN (13,000 lbf) each
  • Thrust with afterburner: 89 kN (20,000 lbf) each
• Fuel capacity: 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) internal

Performance

• Maximum speed:
  
  • At altitude: Mach 2 (2,475 km/h/1,538 mph)
  • At sea level: Mach 1.2 (1,470 km/h/910 mph)
  • Supercruise
• Range: 2,900 km (1,800 mi)
• Combat radius:
  
  • Ground attack, lo-lo-lo: 601 km (325 nmi)
  • Ground attack, hi-lo-hi: 1,389 km (750 nmi)
  • Air defence with 3-hr combat air patrol: 185 km (100 nmi)
  • Air defence with 10-min. loiter: 1,389 km (750 nmi)
• Ferry range: 3,790 km (2,350 mi)
• Service ceiling: 16,765 m (55,003 ft)
• Absolute ceiling: 19,812 m (65,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: >315 m/s (62,000 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 312 kg/m² (64.0 lb/ft² 262 kg/m² with 50% fuel)
• Thrust/weight: 1.15
  
• g-limits: +9/−3 g

Armament

• Guns: 1 × 27 mm Mauser BK-27 Revolver cannon with 150 rounds
• Hardpoints: Total of 13: 8 × under-wing; and 5 × under-fuselage pylon stations; holding up to 7,500 kg (16,500 lb) of payload
• Missiles:
  
  • Air-to-air missiles:
    • AIM-9 Sidewinder
    • AIM-132 ASRAAM
    • AIM-120 AMRAAM
    • IRIS-T
    • MBDA Meteor, in the future
  • Air-to-surface missiles:
    • AGM-65 Maverick, in the future
    • AGM-88 HARM, in the future
    • Storm Shadow (AKA Scalp EG), in the future
    • Brimstone, in the future
    • Taurus KEPD 350
    • Penguin, in the future
    • AGM Armiger, in the future
• Bombs:
  
  • 6× 500lb Paveway IV
  • Paveway II/III/Enhanced Paveway series of laser-guided bombs (LGBs)
  • Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), in the future
  • HOPE/HOSBO, in the future
• Others:
  • Flares/infrared decoys dispenser pod
  • chaff pods
  • Electronic countermeasures (ECM) pods
  • LITENING III laser targeting pod
  • Up to 3 drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time.

Avionics

• Euroradar CAPTOR Radar
• Passive Infra-Red Airborne Tracking Equipment (PIRATE)