BAE Systems wins £2.5bn Oman Hawk and Typhoon contract
Foto: Per Gram - Farnborough 2010
The planes are due to be
delivered in 2017
UK aerospace company BAE Systems has
won a £2.5bn aircraft contract with the Sultanate of Oman.
BAE will provide 12 Typhoon fighter jets and eight Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft.
The contract will cover the supply of the aircraft and in-service support for them and is the latest in a long line of contracts to supply Oman.
Prime Minister David Cameron, who is due to visit the Middle Eastern state on Saturday, welcomed the deal.
"It's testament to Britain's leading aerospace industry and the deal will safeguard thousands of jobs across the UK, not just at the BAE Systems factories in Lancashire and East Riding in Yorkshire, but at many more small businesses up and down the country that play a vital role in delivering these aircraft", he said.
BAE said in statement: "This contract is further recognition that both Typhoon and Hawk are leading aircraft in their class."
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