Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon flies equipped with Meteor missile.

On January 14, a Spanish Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon carried our for the first time a mission equipped with a METEOR missile.

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Spanish Eurofighter carrying a pair of Meteor missiles (Picture source: Ejército del Aire)

Ejército del Aire 'Spanish Air Force) Twitter account sad that a Eurofighter (designated C.16 in national service) flew operationally for the first time with the Meteor missile on 14 January: “Yesterday, a Eurofighter of the Ala 14 [No. 14 Wing] of the EdAE carried out, for the first time, its mission equipped with a Meteor missile,” the post said, adding that the milestone followed installation of the Phase 2 Enhancements B (P2Eb) software enhancement performed on the aircraft of Ala 14.

The Meteor air-to-air missile has been developed by a group of European partners led by MBDA to meet the needs of six European nations including the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Sweden. The Meteor BVRAAM (Beyond-visual-range missile) features a state-of-the-art active radar seeker, a two-way data link communication and a solid-fuelled Ramjet motor to engage a wide range of targets with pinpoint accuracy. It also carries a blast fragmentation warhead with proximity and impact fuses for optimum lethality. The missile has high countermeasure resistance and offers the biggest ‘no escape zone.’

Meteor Air-to-Air missile mounted on Eurofighter aircraft of German Air Force (Picture source MBDA)