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| BAE Systems wins £2.5bn Oman Hawk and Typhoon contract | BAE Systems wins £2.5bn Oman Hawk and Typhoon contract |
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| BAE Systems, the UK aerospace company, has won a £2.5bn aircraft contract with the Sultanate of Oman. | BAE Systems, the UK aerospace company, has won a £2.5bn aircraft contract with the Sultanate of Oman. |
| BAE will provide 12 Typhoon and eight Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft. | BAE will provide 12 Typhoon 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 the Omani armed forces. | |
| 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." | |
| The contract should help protect 6,000 high-technology and engineering jobs across sites at Warton and Samlesbury in Lancashire, and at Brough in East Yorkshire. | |
| Manufacturing will begin in 2014 with delivery expected in 2017. | |
| BAE has been under pressure to develop an alternative growth strategy following the collapse of its planned merger with European defence company EADS earlier this year, | |
| In the US, where BAE derives 40% of its revenues, the defence budget is being cut by up to $600bn (£369bn) over the next decade. |