MUNICH — The Eurofighter consortium is eyeing global market “opportunities” to sell more than 200 of the multirole fighter jets, an infographic shared by the consortium during the International Fighter Conference showed.
Potential new deals of the combat aircraft include second batch orders for Turkey and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, jointly amounting to 78 units, while closing an order from Austria would add a further 36 aircraft.
A breakdown of customers and associated aircraft quantities representing 86 or more aircraft from the 200-plus projection was not shared, but the consortium has long expressed interest in exporting to countries like Portugal, Poland and Bangladesh.
Portugal is in need of replacing a fleet of aging F-16 fighter jets, with a successor solution pitting Eurofighter, Lockheed Martin’s F-35, Sweden’s Gripen and France’s Rafale against one another. Airbus is leading the Eurofighter consortium’s sales campaign with Lisbon.
“Our proposal offering the Eurofighter Typhoon to replace Portugal’s F-16 fleet is currently in its final stages of preparation,” an Airbus spokesperson told Breaking Defense in a statement today. “To capture the full spectrum of operational sovereignty, life-cycle value, and industrial collaboration opportunities for the Portuguese Government and national industry, the comprehensive proposal will be formally submitted by the end of this year.”
Similarly, Warsaw is eyeing a contract to acquire 32 additional fighter jets in support of an air superiority program requirement. However, it could decide to procure more US F-35 fighter jets after securing a $4 billion Foreign Military Financing (FMF) loan from Washington in September.
Last year, Italy’s Leonardo and the Bangladesh air force signed a letter of intent aimed at opening talks on a Eurofighter deal with Bangladesh, but Dhaka has also moved toward negotiating with China over an acquisition of rival J-10CE fighter jets, according Reuters report.
The number of potential exports for Eurofighter has increased from last year’s figure of 134 units, shared at the 2025 edition of the International Fighter Conference. At the time, Eurofighter CEO Tamarit Degenhardt told Breaking Defense that Turkey’s initial order for the multirole combat jet could serve as a “wake-up call” for other nations to ink new deals.
In 2025, Turkey signed a $10.7 billion deal with the UK for the acquisition of 20 Typhoons, solidifying a prior MoU between the two nations for a total of 40 aircraft.
As for current manufacturing developments, additional figures shared this week at the conference indicate that 60 aircraft are currently in production as the consortium executes contracts with Spain, Germany and Kuwait.
Recent orders including the Turkish deal, amount to 89 aircraft set for future production and in line with acquisitions from Spain (Halcon 2), Germany (Tranche 5) and Italy.
No update was provided relating to plans for a production ramp up, but Degenhardt noted last year that he is targeting a rate of 30 aircraft a year beginning in 2028 — based on securing new export business.
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