10:15: The rapid evolution of Typhoon
Presenters:
- Mike Baulkwill, Combat Air Strategy Director, BAE Systems
- Chris Moon, Typhoon Future Capability Director, BAE Systems
- Andrew ‘Blyty’ Mallery-Blythe, Typhoon Operational Requirements Manager, BAE Systems
- Luke Dickson, UK Capability Delivery Director, BAE Systems
Location: Media Centre – BAE Systems, HALL 5
Typhoon has safeguarded our skies for over two decades and surpassed one million flying hours. It continues to adapt and evolve to meet the wide variety of threats posed by new and emerging technologies. Within a matter of months, we worked with the RAF to equip Typhoon aircraft with our APKWS targeting system to enable pilots to take down enemy drones and other threats. Our panel will talk about how we rapidly integrated this capability and the range of other upgrades in development for the fighter jet, from crewed-uncrewed teaming to enhanced radar.
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11:30: BlackThorn – a utility warhead for the modern battlefield
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BAE Systems representatives will be joined by colleagues from across the platform, missile and end-user communities, bringing a range of perspectives on operational requirements and capability integration.
Location: Media Centre – BAE Systems, HALL 5
From initial concept to manufacture in accelerated timescales, we will unveil our latest innovation in munitions: a truly universal warhead capability that is deployable across land, sea and air systems, one-way effectors, counter-drone systems, uncrewed ground vehicles and common missile architectures. Designed to deliver a range of missions, BlackThorn demonstrates how industry is rapidly responding to the urgent requirements of the modern soldier.
At the forefront of combat air superiority
Typhoon will continue in operation with air forces across Europe and the Middle East well into the 2060s due to continuous investment by Eurofighter partners ensuring the aircraft remains at the forefront of combat air superiority. Typhoon is also powering economic value and growing sovereign industrial capability, securing more than 20,000 jobs and contributing £1.4bn to the UK economy in export sales, which has already returned more than double the UK's £12 billion investment back to the economy.
We are continually investing in Typhoon to maintain its cutting edge military capability, ensuring it remains the backbone of combat air, whilst developing and deploying technologies central to the next generation of the UK’s combat air capability – Tempest.
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The battlespace of the future will see crewed and uncrewed aircraft flying as part of a digitally-connected force. We are using our expertise to accelerate and prove possibilities for future combined fleets.
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The Eurofighter Typhoon is one of the most successful UK defence programmes, bringing export sales worth double the £12 billion invested by the UK Government, with the potential for more to come.
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On Quick Reaction Alert, Typhoon secures more than 1.4 million kilometres of sovereign air space over Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom and a combined population of more than 257 million people.
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