The programme is managed today by Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH, with industrial partners BAE Systems, Airbus Defence & Space and Leonardo, and engines from the Eurojet consortium. Workshare, final-assembly lines and cost were split four ways — a structure that produced decades of negotiation and workshare fights, but also Europe’s most successful collaborative fighter, still rolling off four national assembly lines.

Production continues in 2026 with new Tranche 4/5 orders from Germany and Spain and a 2025 Turkey deal signed via the UK. More than 600 have been built — 613 delivered as of September 2025 — a moving figure as the line keeps running.

Designers made the Typhoon unstable, then handed control to a computer making constant corrections. A naturally stable jet resists manoeuvre; an unstable one wants to depart controlled flight, so every twitch of the stick is amplified into razor-sharp response by the flight-control laws. The result is agility no naturally stable jet in its class can match — the pilot commands, the software keeps it flyable, and the airframe turns like almost nothing else of its generation.

Supercruise means sustaining supersonic flight without afterburner. The Typhoon’s twin EJ200s — around 90 kN each in reheat, 60 kN dry — give enough dry thrust to hold supersonic speed, which buys more range, more persistence and more combat energy than a jet that must light reheat and drink fuel to go fast. It is a performance trait shared with only a handful of the world’s top fighters, and a signature of the Typhoon’s air-superiority pedigree.

Typhoon unit costs are quoted anywhere from roughly $100 million to $125 million, but the figure is highly source-dependent: flyaway, program and export prices differ enormously by tranche, operator and year, and are often bundled into multi-billion support packages. Treat any single number as indicative, not authoritative.

Delivery counts move too. More than 600 airframes have been built — 613 delivered as of September 2025 — and production continues, so the total keeps climbing. Speed figures are similarly hedged: Mach 2 is the commonly published maximum, while the RAF cites Mach 1.6 as an operational figure.