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Eurojet's final hope in India rests with naval Typhoon?

By SP's Special Correspondent

February 07, 2012 : Eurojet GmbH, the cooperative entity that builds the EJ200 turbofan engine for the Eurofighter Typhoon faces the prospect of never doing direct business with India, considering that the MMRCA was its second and final chance to have the EJ200 power an aircraft for India. After losing out to GE in the race to power the LCA Tejas Mk.2, Eurojet (a partnership of Rolls-Royce, MTU Aero, Avio and ITP) had pegged its hopes on the MMRCA competition.

While the multi-billion dollar jet deal is far from over, and indications that EADS may protest the deal, there may be hope for Eurojet in the big prize. But in a worst case scenario, the only distant chance it has is with the concept naval Typhoon, which has been proposed as a fighter for the Indian Navy's future aircraft carriers. However, there are indications that India's future carriers are likely to involve catapult mechanisms to launch aircraft, while the naval Typhoon is being conceptualized as a ski-jump launched jet.