BAE SYSTEMS IS camming out the first trial installation of the Euroradar E-Scan antenna for the Eurofighter Typhoon. The company's test aircraft IPA5 is undergoing modification at Wart on ahead of planned flight trials from early 2014. Although the Euroradar effort (led by Selex ES) is still proceeding under industry funding, the company expects the four Eurofighter partner nations to commit to some funding for the final stages of development and production, possibly in 2014. While the partner nations have their own active electronically scanned array (AESA) requirements, this effort is clearly pitched towards the export campaign as a crucial factor in current and future sales efforts. The Euroradar E-Scan effort is known as Project 40. and the radar will first be fielded under the so-called Export Interim Standard (EIS) to meet a projected fielding date of the first quarter of 2017 for potential export customers.
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