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PROGRAMME NEWS & FEATURES • JUNE 2013 RED FLAG SUCCESS ASTA - THE TRAINING MATRIX TYPHOON HAS IT - BY A NOSE THE EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON OF 2045 2013 • EUROFIGHTER WORLD EDITORIAL 2013 • EUROFIGHTER WORLD 3 CONTENTS Dear Friends and Request for Proposal for the development of Colleagues of the E-Scan radar. Under a specific Eurofighter Typhoon, Collaboration Agreement for this development and integration programme, significant invest- 06 Air Shows 2013: 2012 has been a suc- ments have been made to date and critical de- Paris, Le Bourget 03 Editorial cessful year for our sign reviews are underway to support the first Aero India, Eurofighter Typhoon system to be tested in 2013. In a great effort, IDEX, Lima 04 Management News Welcome to Eurofighter programme.WORLD! Since en- we managed to deliver our proposal to NETMA try into service, we delivered more than 355 in November 2012. 05 In Memoriam Bernhard Zellner aircraftOur hope to is, our in thiscustomers magazine, and you the will Sultanate find much of in developments there. We were delighted to be Omanto interest ordered you. 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Typhoon, we all need to work 24 Typhoon: The best is yet to come turelike building export oncustomers. the success German we saw Chancellorin 2012 - in veryEnjoy hard this andissue deliver of Eurofighter our personal WORLD contribu- and Contributers Alenia Aermacchi Angelaparticular Merkel the confirmationopened the Berlin of an Air order Show for (ILA 12 tions.thank youI count for taking on your an interestpersonal in commitmentus. BAE Systems 28 The Intelligent Option for Future-Proofed Airpower 2012)aircraft and from took somethe Sultanate time to walk of aroundOman ourin and strong support. Cassidian Deutschland aircraftDecember. which was on display in the We appreciate it. EUROJET Turbo GmbH Stefan Mohler, German Air Force 30 Programme Status: Facts & Figures BundeswehrAs you can read Exhibition in this issue,Hall. we were pleased Enjoy the issue. Royal Air Force to be able to showcase our capabilities at Aero Jamie Hunter Tim Robinson 31 Be a part of the Eurofighter Social Media Mix 2013India 2013will be where another we remain year of an great interested challenges party for all of us. For instance, the E-Scan radar Photography which is advancing well due to the outstanding Eurofighter GmbH Eurofighter Partner Companies commitments of all parties involved. You all re- Geoffrey Lee, Planefocus member that in July 2012, NETMA, on behalf of Enzo Casolini Dietmar Fenners, Cassidian the four core partner nations, issued a CEO Eurofighter MOD/Crown Copyright 2012 Title: Katsuhiko TOKUNAGA/DACT German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon Jamie Hunter from JG 74 Neuburg Gaz West Photo: Goeffrey Lee Design & Production Alberto Gutierrez Enzo Casolini images.art.design. Werbeagentur GmbH www.iad-design.de CEO Eurofighter Former CEO Eurofighter GmbH Printed by ESTA Druck GmbH www.esta-druck.de Eurofighter World on the Internet www.eurofighter.com Follow us on: If you would like to request additional copies of Eurofighter World, please contact the PR & Communications Department at Eurofighter GmbH [email protected] 4 2013 • EUROFIGHTER WORLD MANAGEMENT NEWS MANAGEMENT NEWS 2013 • EUROFIGHTER WORLD 5 CHANGES IN EUROFIGHTER’S TOP BIENVENIDO ALBERTO ! MANAGEMENT NEW CEO AND NEW CHAIRMAN OF Typhoon even more successful in the world THE SUPERVISORY BOARD market. EFW: Can you tell us a little bit about your The shareholder representatives of the Commenting on his appointment, Alberto During the four years that I have been with career experiences before you took up this IN MEMORIAM Eurofighter consortium have appointed Gutierrez said: “This new job is a great chal- the programme, I had the pleasure of work- position? Alberto Gutierrez as the Chief Executive lenge for me at the peak in my career. My ing with some of the most talented and ded- Alberto: I guess you can say that aerospace Officer (CEO) of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug key priorities will focus on competitiveness, icated individuals you could wish to meet. In is in my blood. I began my professional career GmbH and Maurizio De Mitri, who is cur- campaigns and capabilities in order to make saying goodbye, I am now handing the in 1985 at the CASA plant in Getafe. I then rently Senior Vice President Military Aircraft Eurofighter Typhoon even more successful reigns over to the new Chief Executive held a number of positions as a programmes Bernhard Zellner Sector at Alenia Aermacchi, as the Chairman in the world market. Starting from a Officer, Alberto Gutierrez. Alberto brings and productions manager before becoming of the Supervisory Board with effect from 1 European partnership, we need to move with him both a huge amount of experience Eurofighter Production Director from 2000 to Chief Operating June 2013. Eurofighter Typhoon forward into a more and the sort of energy and enthusiasm that 2004. While in that position I had responsibili- Officer Capabilities Alberto Gutierrez will succeed Enzo global partnership and invite new customer can only come with a real passion for his ty for the supply chain of the Eurofighter right Casolini who has led the European consor- nations to join this leading-edge pro- job. I know he will be a great success and I wing, the final assembly in Getafe and the de- Eurofighter WORLD is sad to have to tium since 1 May 2009.