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Saudi to get jets earlier
By Rupert Steiner
23 July 2006
SAUDI Arabia has agreed a deal with the British government to deliver Eurofighter jets, at present earmarked for the RAF and Austria, to the Kingdom because of the worsening situation in the Middle East.
The government is close to concluding a ã5.4bn (E7.8bn, $10bn) contract with the Royal Saudi Airforce involving 72 Eurofighter Typhoon Jets being made by BAE Systems, part of the four-nation European consortium building the aircraft.
As part of the final terms of that contract, defence sources in Saudi Arabia said this weekend that Saudi Arabia has requested some of its Eurofighter order much earlier than BAE can deliver.
To meet the Saudi request, the government has agreed to divert some of the 144 planes being built for the RAF ââ¬â and possibly some of 18 planes ordered by the Austrian Airforce ââ¬â to Saudi instead.
Partner nations Germany, the UK, Italy and Spain have ordered more than 600 aircraft.
Des Browne, the UK Defence Secretary, will travel to Riyadh imminently to sign the final agreement on the Typhoon Acquisition Project with Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Saudi Crown Prince and Defence Minister.
The deal includes infrastructure contracts worth ã30bn.
http://www.thebusinessonline.com/Stories.a...2E-D07EB5AA1CEE
By Rupert Steiner
23 July 2006
SAUDI Arabia has agreed a deal with the British government to deliver Eurofighter jets, at present earmarked for the RAF and Austria, to the Kingdom because of the worsening situation in the Middle East.
The government is close to concluding a ã5.4bn (E7.8bn, $10bn) contract with the Royal Saudi Airforce involving 72 Eurofighter Typhoon Jets being made by BAE Systems, part of the four-nation European consortium building the aircraft.
As part of the final terms of that contract, defence sources in Saudi Arabia said this weekend that Saudi Arabia has requested some of its Eurofighter order much earlier than BAE can deliver.
To meet the Saudi request, the government has agreed to divert some of the 144 planes being built for the RAF ââ¬â and possibly some of 18 planes ordered by the Austrian Airforce ââ¬â to Saudi instead.
Partner nations Germany, the UK, Italy and Spain have ordered more than 600 aircraft.
Des Browne, the UK Defence Secretary, will travel to Riyadh imminently to sign the final agreement on the Typhoon Acquisition Project with Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Saudi Crown Prince and Defence Minister.
The deal includes infrastructure contracts worth ã30bn.
http://www.thebusinessonline.com/Stories.a...2E-D07EB5AA1CEE
