On Jan. 15, Airbus Defence and Space started the testing campaign of the Eurofighter Typhoon multi-role combat plane with Taurus air-launched stand-off precision missiles.
The first flight took place at the Manching Military Air Systems Center, north of Munich, and involved Instrumented Production Aircraft 7 (IPA7), flown by Eurofighter Project Pilot Chris Worning.
Taurus KEPD 350 is a German/Swedish missile that is manufactured by Taurus Systems GmbH, a partnership between MBDA Germany and Saab Dynamics. The missile has a range of +500 kilometres (300 mi), a speed of Mach 0.8-0.9 and stealth features.
http://theaviationist.com/2014/01/16/eurofighter-taurus-flight/
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