Covid-19: Eurofighter introduces ‘robust plans' to continue production

The Eurofighter consortium has a strategy in place to ensure that work across its four national production lines continues amidst the worsening coronavirus crisis, a spokesperson told Jane’s on 18 March.

Eurofighter has told Jane’s that it has ‘robust plans’ in place across its four production facilities, including the one pictured in Manching, Germany, to mitigate any potential effects of the global coronavirus pandemic. (Airbus)

With deliveries to the four partner nations of Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK all now recently completed, the pan-European consortium has introduced plans to protect the delivery of its outstanding orders for Kuwait and Qatar.

“We have robust business continuity plans in place which are under constant review as the situation develops. We continue to work closely with employees, customers, and suppliers to minimise any impact to our operations. We will continue to take all appropriate measures and precautions to protect all of our internal and external stakeholders while continuing to deliver our commitments, particularly with regard to supporting our customer operations,” the spokesperson said.

As Eurofighter recently noted to Jane’s , the programme-of-record (PoR) for the Eurofighter partner nations of 160 aircraft for the UK, 143 for Germany, 96 for Italy, and 73 for Spain was concluded in January. The export orders of 15 aircraft for Austria, 12 for Oman, and 72 for Saudi Arabia, had already been delivered, leaving an outstanding backlog of 28 aircraft for Kuwait and 24 for Qatar.