“"Four nations, one delta, zero compromise."”
Born from the British Aerospace EAP technology demonstrator that flew on 6 August 1986, the Eurofighter Typhoon prototype took to the air on 27 March 1994. Named "Typhoon" in September 1998, it entered Royal Air Force service on 4 August 2003. The canard-delta, twin-EJ200 fighter is built on four parallel assembly lines across Europe—Airbus, BAE Systems, and Leonardo sharing the load. With over 609 airframes delivered and an estimated service life to 2060, it remains Europe's most successful collaborative combat aircraft programme.
: How do four countries build one fighter on four separate assembly lines—and what makes the EJ200 engine a benchmark for thrust-to-weight?