Officials hope investments such as Radar 2 may encourage Eurofighter Typhoon export customers such as Saudi Arabia to sign on the dotted line for more fighters.
Airbus Defense is warning of possible delays to a much-anticipated order for more Eurofighter Typhoons by Spain as a result of an upcoming general election.
Spain is planning to raise national defense spending steadily to 2% of GDP by the end of the decade, enabling expenditures on a range of new equipment.
General Javier Salto Martínez-Avial, chief of the Spanish Air Force, says securing a further top-up order of Eurofighters is among his top priorities for 2023.