HC Deb 19 July 1999 vol 335 c421W
19. Mr. Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his estimate of the delay in the entry into operational RAF squadron service of the Eurofighter 2000 Typhoon aircraft as against its first publicly announced projected in-service dates. [90218]

Mr. George Robertson

Since the start of the Eurofighter development programme in 1988, there has been slippage of 42 months against the original estimated entry into service date, defined as delivery of the first aircraft to the Royal Air Force. The current date is June 2002.

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