1999
December 1999
1st in-flight relight with 03Z engine
1st Flight with full functional Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)
1st time Mach 1.6 with 3x1000 litre tanks
1st Flight with AVS SP 3A
November 1999
Demo at Tanagra (HAF, Greece ) successfully completed
Formation flight with DA1 and DA3
200 Flights DA3
October 1999
1st flight with UCS 3B
VIP Flight: Gen. Mosquera at rear
VIP Flight: Sr. A. Fernandez (EADS Military Aircraft - former CASA Chief Executive) at rear
August 1999
Major Evensen, Royal Norwegian Air Force, flies further assessment flights
July 1999
Sir Robert Walmsley (UK CDP) flies rear seat DA6
1st Radar Test Flight against four targets
Eurofighter opens a Programme office in Athens
June 1999
The first pit drop tests with bombs are undertaken with DA3 at Caselle near Torino
The liquid cooling system for the aircrew is flown the first time with DA6 in Spain
DA7 flies at the Paris Air Show and excels at the daily flying displays. It is the first time Smoke-winders are used with a Eurofighter aircraft
Lieutenant General Litzerakos, Chief of Air Staff of the Hellenic Air Force flies DA6 in Getafe , Madrid.
The Eurofighter consortium receives Requests for Information from the Netherlands , Czech Republic and Poland
Eurofighter receives a Request for Proposal from the Republic of Korea for 40 to 60 aircraft to be delivered between 2004 and 2007
May 1999
Eurofighter highlights at the Defence Exhibition to celebrate the 700 th anniversary of Akerhus castle in Oslo
Eurofighter GmbH submits a proposal to Norway
Major General Per Oscar Jacobsen, Chief of Air Staff Royal Norwegian Air Force flies with DA4 in Warton , UK
DA5 flies the 1000 th sortie of the fleet of Development Aircraft
April/May 1999
DA4 flies 11 VIP's out of three bases (Warton, Manching and Caselle), among them the Chiefs of Air Staff from Germany, Italy and the UK, the UK Secretary for Defence, the Italian Under Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Cabinet, and the UK Minister of State for Defence Procurement
April 1999
DA5 and DA4 take to the air with a new standard of Flight Control System software that allows autopilot and Auto Throttle functions. Both aircraft fly the latest version of the Captor radar with standard essentially the same as the Initial Operating Capability production standard. DA4 also has Active Rear Seat Capability
Greece confirms its intention to join the Eurofighter programme with 60 to 90 aircraft to be delivered from 2005 onwards
DA2, equipped with the new Aircrew Services Package reaches an altitude of 50000 ft
General Chief Inspector Carmine Cianci replaces Jack Gordon, who retires, as General Manager of NETMA
March 1999
DA3 flies Mach 1.6 with two 1000 ltr external fuel tanks. DA2 completes baseline configuration flutter tests with Mach 1.2 and 750 kts Equivalent Airspeed achieved. This equates to a True Air Speed of 800 kts
Alenia Aerospazio in Italy start assembly of first left wing for production aircraft
DA3 flies supersonic with external fuel tanks (1000 l)
February 1999
Assembly of the first centre fuselage sections start at EADS in Augsburg , Germany
The Greek government announces its intention to open negotiations with Eurofighter for the procurement of 60 to 80 aircraft from 2005 onwards
DA3 flies for the first time with wet fuel tanks (1500 l) testing the functionality of the fuel system
Eurofighter GmbH receives the Request for Proposal from Norway for 20 aircraft plus an option for 10
January 1999
First parts for the first right wing for production aircraft are machined at EADS, Spain