defence founded 29 march 1969 headquarters hallbergmoos bavaria germany area served uk italy germany key people dr. welf werner degel managing director products panavia tornado panavia tornado adv parent airbus group bae systems alenia aeronautica website panavia panavia aircraft gmbh is a german company serving other countries which established by the three partner nations of the tornado multi role combat aircraft mrca project west germany italy and the uk . contents 1 structure 2 history 2.1 formation 2.2 panavia tornado 2.3 common organisations 3 references 4 external links structure edit the company was based and registered in west germany . since its founding the company is based in hallbergmoos a municipality in the district of freising in bavaria germany . in a similar arrangement development of the tornado s rb199 turbofans is undertaken by the multinational turbo union ltd based in the uk . the partner companies are 42.5 % airbus group deutschland gmbh 42.5 % bae systems plc 15 % alenia aeronautica s.p.a. today leonardo finmeccanica aircraft division history edit raf panavia tornados over iraq . in the late 1960s the british german and italian main defence companies looked at developing a strike aircraft together . the west germans and italians wanted a more short range battlefield aircraft something like the current a 10 but the british specifically air chief marshal derek hodgkinson argued for a more long range aircraft . negotiations took place in london bonn and munich . the nato multirole combat aircraft development and production management agency namma was established to manage development and production of the tornado . it was initially based in the same building as panavia . formation edit panavia roundel . panavia was established in 1969 by the british aircraft corporation messerschmitt b lkow blohm which had formed the year before and fiat aviazione which became aeritalia that year . it was planned to produce more than 1 000 aircraft . an aircraft was needed to counter the perceived threat from russian aircraft such as the mig 25 foxbat and the su 15 flagon aircraft which had been in service since around 1967 . a multi purpose aircraft was needed to allow a long production run and to lower costs per aircraft unit price . in 1970 the unit cost was expected to be only 2.9 m. around 1965 the uk bac had been negotiating with france dassault aviation to produce the afvg anglo french variable geometry which looked remarkably similar to what became the tornado . the project failed due to the french manufacturer wanting to produce its own all french variable geometry aircraft the experimental dassault mirage g which first flew in 1967 and never entered service being cancelled in the 1970s . marcel dassault later saw the panavia project as a direct threat to his company . another anglo french defence project of the late 1960s was the sepecat jaguar . in 1959 the french and west germans had collaborated to form transall which produced the transall c 160 transport aircraft in 1963 . canada and the netherlands withdrew from the project in 1969 for financial reasons . the first chairman was allen greenwood of bac in weybridge . 1 in 1989 the german involvement became daimlerchrysler aerospace dasa . on 15 september 1986 the munich offices which also housed the bavarian state office for environmental protection were damaged by a bomb . panavia tornado edit swept wings raf aircraft the aircraft was originally known as the mra 75 the mrca and the aca . design work began in may 1969 . by 1970 it was known as the panavia 100 with the two seat version being the panavia 200 . the raf was to have the two seat version . the avionics on the aircraft were developed by another ad hoc european company avionica formed by elliott uk elektronik system west germany and sia italy . the tornado first flew in 1974 . the first director of flight operations was wing commander roland beamont . marketing of the plane was directed by jeffrey quill from 1969 76 who had also been head of marketing at sepecat . the raf flew another variant the adv with a larger gec marconi ai .24 foxhunter radar implemented in the mid 1970s by involvement of air chief marshal sir neil wheeler . another variant was the tornado ecr electronic combat and reconnaissance developed for the luftwaffe and was proposed to be sold to the usa in 1985 . its all weather capabilities at the time were unmatched in the world . citation needed the tornado aircraft is expected to remain in service until at least 2025 . that would be more than fifty years after it first flew . the tornado for the raf and rsaf was assembled at warton aerodrome then british aerospace . common organisations edit the tornado management model was adopted for the european fighter aircraft which is now in production as the eurofighter typhoon also ignored by the french . the namma was replaced by the nato eurofighter and tornado management agency netma which is the prime contractor for the eurofighter weapon system and continued development of the tornado . in the 1970s euromissile was formed by west germany and a rospatiale of france . this company now has a similar mix to panavia and also includes the french being known as mbda . references edit allen greenwood staying until 1972 external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title panavia aircraft gmbh & oldid 732526771 categories aerospace companies of germanyaircraft manufacturers of germanydefence companies of germanycompanies based in munichmanufacturing companies established in 19691969 establishments in germanyaviation in germanyairbus group joint venturesbae systems joint ventureshidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from june 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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