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<p class="text-body text-muted small">Typhoon aircraft ZK355/BS116 alongside an ECRS Mk 2 radar model in the test and evaluation hangar at BAE Systems in Warton. (BAE Systems)</p>
<p>The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded BAE Systems GBP870 million (USD1.1 billion) for further development and integration of the European Common Radar System Mark 2 (ECRS Mk 2) for the Royal Air Force’s (RAF’s) fleet of Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft.</p>
<p>Announced on 4 July, the five-year electronically scanned (E-Scan) radar award for BAE Systems and its partner Leonardo is part of a wider GBP2.35 billion investment in continued technology upgrades for the RAF’s Typhoon fleet announced in July 2022.</p>
<p>News of the award came weeks after Leonardo delivered in April the first ECRS Mk 2 radar to BAE Systems for integration aboard Eurofighter test aircraft ZK355/BS116 later in 2023 ahead of the first flight planned for 2024. Further aircraft will be added to the flight-test programme as it progresses. As part of this radar upgrade, work is continuing on developing the cockpit iterations that will enable a common display of both the current mechanically scanned Captor M-Scan (sometimes called Captor-M) radar data for the 67 Tranche 2 Typhoons that will retain this system and for the E-Scan (sometimes called Captor-E) data for the 40 Tranche 3 Typhoons that will be upgraded.</p>
<p>Speaking to <em>Janes</em></p>
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