Eurofighter ha realizado una oferta dirigida a asegurar la producción del Typhoon después de 2016, por 124 Tranche 3B, a Alemania, Italia, España y el Reino Unido, además de recoger el posible interés de Serbia, que está buscando unos 20 cazas para sustituir a sus MiG-21 y MiG-29. Una delegación de Eurofighter visitó Belgrado en Abril.
Serbia no ha especificado la cantidad ni el plazo de entrega de su futuro caza, pero podría tratarse de aviones de segunda mano. Italia sigue liderando la oferta por Typhoon realizada a Rumania, intentando que reconsidere la compra de F-16 usados.
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The Eurofighter consortium has made its first move leading to the production of 124 Tranche 3B aircraft for Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, and been the subject of early interest from the Serbian defence ministry.
This will ensure that the Eurofighter partner companies do not encounter a production gap after completing the programme's last Tranche 3A examples around mid-2016.
Meanwhile, Serbian officials are at the show looking at possible candidates for a domestic fighter requirement likely to total around 20 aircraft. Eurofighter responded to a request for information from Belgrade in April, and a delegation visited the company here on Tuesday.
The RFI from Serbia did not specify the fleet size or delivery time for a future acquisition, which would look to replace the Serbian air force's remaining RSK MiG-21s and MiG-29s. With Belgrade pursuing EU membership, a fighter acquisition could potentially also be achieved by sourcing secondhand aircraft from one of the Eurofighter operating nations.
Italy is already sponsoring a bid to promote such aircraft to Romania, in an effort to persuade the nation to reverse a recent decision to buy used Lockheed Martin F-16s.
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