BAE seals major Oman deal
The aircraft will be partly assembled at the company’s Samlesbury site and will help to sustain 6,000 high technology and engineering jobs across the county. Manufacture will begin in 2014 with delivery expected in 2017.
A BAE Systems spokesman said: “There remains great interest in Typhoon and Hawk and we continue to pursue further orders.”Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed the news, saying: “Boosting exports is vital for economic growth and that's why I'm doing all I can to promote British business in the fastest-growing markets so they can thrive in the global race.
“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.” The Omani ministry of defence becomes the seventh operator of Eurofighter Typhoon combat fighter and the third export customer, after Saudi Arabia and Austria.