HALLBERGMOOS, Germany and FARNBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL, England, July 11 /PRNewswire/ --     Eurofighter Typhoon flies into this year's Farnborough International
propelled by a wave of recent Air Force successes. Its Quick Reaction Alert
(QRA) credentials proven, multi-role capability declared and its ready to
deploy status confirmed, Eurofighter Typhoon is blazing a trail through the
global defence market and cementing its position as the number one
next-generation combat aircraft.

Aloysius Rauen, CEO Eurofighter GmbH, comments: "What we have witnessed
over the last two months in terms of the aircraft demonstrating its
operational capabilities has been groundbreaking. Eurofighter Typhoon came
online in the QRA role for Southern Germany and assumed Air Surveillance
responsibilities for the Austrian Armed Forces. However, its unmatched
dominance in air defence is just the beginning as the Royal Air Force have
declared their multi-role Eurofighter Typhoons as ready to deploy following
the success of Exercise Green Flag West. Our product really is delivering for
our Air Forces."

Customer-driven achievements have become the norm in 2008, with joint
exercises and foreign deployments stealing the defence headlines, including:
the first four-nation Eurofighter Typhoon exercise, codenamed "Typhoon Meet",
held during two weeks in March at Morón AFB, Spain; the Italian Air Force
hosting "Spring Flag" at Decimomannu AFB, Sardinia, in April with Eurofighter
Typhoon taking a lead role in the NATO-organised manoeuvres; and the Royal
Air Force opening up the multi-role capability of Eurofighter Typhoon during
detachments to the United States.

The Commander-in-Chief Air Command of the RAF, Air Chief Marshal Sir
Clive Loader, on 01 July described Eurofighter Typhoon as "the most
operationally flexible aircraft it (the RAF) has ever had."

Ten units in five Air Forces are operating the aircraft and, together,
have accumulated over 42,000 in-service flying hours. This, added to the test
fleet's statistics amounts to over 48,000 flying hours logged by Eurofighter
Typhoon.

For the Eurofighter consortium, 2008 has seen a great deal of activity in
export. Requests for Proposal (RFP) have been received from India and
Switzerland. EADS Military Air Systems, acting as campaign lead in both
countries on behalf of the consortium, have delivered full written responses
to both. Further RFPs are expected from Romania and Japan before year end
while a draft Request for Information (RFI) has been received from Brazil.

Aloysius Rauen continues: "The high interest from export nations is a
reflection of the strength of the programme. The handover of the ninth
aircraft to Austria completes Tranche 1 deliveries in total. The paperwork
for Tranche 2 Type Acceptance has been submitted to NETMA and the requisite
flight tests have been concluded. Some 40 aircraft are already in Final
Assembly. Finally, our targets for Tranche 3 have not changed. Negotiations
with the customer are underway and we aim to have a contract ready by end of
2008 or early 2009."

The Eurofighter presence at Farnborough International features a Business
Pavilion showcasing the Cockpit Demonstrator (EOC standard) and a host of
technology exhibits reflecting the advanced nature of the aircraft. In the
aircraft displays, the Royal Air Force will have a fully-loaded Eurofighter
Typhoon on static display while also providing a jet to the daily flying
programme. Finmeccanica will also be displaying a Eurofighter Typhoon of the
Italian Air Force on their exhibition area.

Eurofighter Typhoon is the world's most advanced new generation
multi-role/swing-role combat aircraft available on the market and has been
ordered by six nations (Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Austria and
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia). With 707 aircraft under contract, it is
Europe's largest military collaborative programme and delivers leading-edge
technology, strengthening Europe's aerospace industry in the global
competition. More than 100,000 jobs in 400 companies are secured by the
programme. Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH manages the programme on behalf of
the Eurofighter Partner Companies Alenia Finmeccanica, BAE Systems, EADS CASA
and EADS Deutschland, Europe's foremost aerospace companies with a total
turnover of EUR60.7 billion (2006).

For more information:
    
    Wolfdietrich Hoeveler,
    Vice President Communication,
    Eurofighter GmbH,
    +49-811-801-555 (Office),
    +49-172-832-9751(Mobile),
    wolfdietrich.hoeveler@eurofighter.com ;

    Phillip Lee,
    External Communications,
    Eurofighter GmbH,
    +49-811-801-587,
    phillip.lee@eurofighter.com .