Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH
A Company Profile
Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH is a multinational company that co-ordinates the design, production and upgrade of the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft. Founded in 1986, based and registered in Munich, Germany, the company is made up of the major aerospace companies of the four Eurofighter partner nations.
This consortium is responsible for delivering the Eurofighter weapon system to the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA). NETMA represents the Eurofighter partner nations' Governments and was established to oversee the procurement of the Eurofighter Typhoon and its related weapon systems into the respective air forces.
Alongside Eurofighter GmbH are their partner consortiums set up in the same way for the same purpose:
- Eurojet Turbo GmbH - set up by Avio (Italy), ITP (Spain), MTU Aero Engines (Germany), and Rolls-Royce (UK), to develop the EJ200 engine for the new fighter aircraft.
- Euroradar - a consortium brought together to design, develop and produce the advanced Captor radar, comprised of EADS Defence Electronics (Germany), SELEX Galileo (UK and Italy) and INDRA (Spain).
