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===Engines=== {{main|Eurojet EJ200}} The Eurofighter Typhoon is fitted with two Eurojet EJ200 engines, each capable of providing up to 60 kN (13,500 lbf) of dry thrust and >90 kN (20,230 lbf) with afterburners. Using the "war" setting, dry thrust increases by 15% to 69 kN per engine and afterburners by 5% to 95 kN per engine and for a few seconds, up to 102 kN thrust without damaging the engine.<ref name="ENGINESPECS" /> The EJ200 engine combines the leading technologies from each of the four European companies, using advanced [[FADEC|digital control and health monitoring]]; [[wide chord]] aerofoils and [[single crystal]] turbine blades; and a [[de Laval nozzle|convergent / divergent exhaust nozzle]] to give high thrust-to-weight ratio, multimission capability, supercruise performance, low fuel consumption, low cost of ownership, modular construction and growth potential.<ref name="ENGINESPECSMTU" /> [[File:Eurojet EJ200 for Eurofighter Typhoon PAS 2013 01 free.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|EJ200 engine on display at [[Paris Air Show]] 2013]] The Typhoon is capable of supersonic cruise without using [[afterburner]]s (referred to as [[supercruise]]). ''Air Forces Monthly'' gives a maximum supercruise speed of Mach 1.1 for the RAF FGR4 multirole version,<ref name="Swing" /> however in a Singaporean evaluation, a Typhoon managed to supercruise at Mach 1.21 on a hot day with a combat load.<ref name="SUPERC" /> Eurofighter states that the Typhoon can supercruise at Mach 1.5.<ref name="web.archive.org" /> As with the F-22, the Eurofighter can launch weapons while under supercruise to extend their ranges via this "running start".<ref name="RUNNING" /> In 2007, the EJ200 engine had accumulated 50,000 Engine Flying Hours in service with the four Nation Air Forces (Germany, UK, Spain and Italy).<ref name="EJHOURS" /> [[File:EJ200-Eurofighter-Turbine-apel.JPG|thumb|The aircraft's turbofan engine (front)]] The EJ200 engine has the potential to be fitted with a thrust vectoring control (TVC) nozzle, which the Eurofighter and Eurojet consortium have been actively developing and testing, primarily for export but also for future upgrades of the fleet. TVC could reduce fuel burn on a typical Typhoon mission by up to 5%, as well as increase available thrust in supercruise by up to 7% and take-off thrust by 2%.<ref name="THRUSTV" /> Clemens Linden, Eurojet TURBO GmbH CEO, speaking at the 2018 Farnborough International Air Show, said "15 per cent more thrust would allow pilots to operate with a heavily loaded aircraft in the battlespace with the same performance levels as they have today. The technology insertion also provides more persistence β giving aircraft longer range or longer loitering time. To achieve more thrust we would increase the airflow and pressure ratios of the high and low pressure compressors and run higher temperatures in the turbines by using the latest generation single crystal turbine blade materials. And with higher aerodynamic efficiencies we can achieve a lower fuel burn. A third area of improvement would be the engine exhaust nozzle which would be upgraded with the installation of a 2-parametric version allowing independent and optimized adjustment of the throat and exit area at all flight conditions, providing fuel burn advantages. The technologies for the different components are at a [[Technology readiness level]] of between 7 and 9. The nozzle has been at [[Industria de Turbo Propulsores|ITP]] in Spain on a test bed for 400 hours."<ref name="EJHRS" />
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