BAE submits UAE Typhoon bid - Telegraph

BAE submits UAE Typhoon bid - Telegraph:

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The first RAF Typhoon was delivered in 2003, with the total delivered since reaching 112 aircraft. Photo: Reuters

The Typhoon programme, developed by BAE, Italy’s Finmeccanica and Airbus–maker EADS, suffered a major setback last year when it lost out to French company Dassault for a major contract to supply India with 126 fighter jets.
However, the aircraft has emerged as the favourite to win the UAE contract, which could be worth around £6bn and has been described as a “game-changer” by the chief executive of BAE, Ian King.
More than 5,000 people work on the Typhoon project in Britain for BAE, which is the country’s biggest defence contractor. Securing the UAE deal would be a major boost to the manufacturing sites in Lancashire where the fighter jet is constructed."

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