Eurofighter Offers Turkey Fighter Deal With $9B Work Share

Posted on: Nov. 29th, 2006 || Source: defensenews.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

Eurofighter Offers Turkey Fighter Deal With $9B Work Share

The four-European-nation Eurofighter consortium, maker of the Typhoon fighter aircraft, has offered Turkey a new industrial participation package worth $9 billion, company officials said.

The proposal comes at a time when Turkey is seen favoring the Typhoon’s U.S. rival, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The competitors aim to win an approximately $12 billion Turkish contract for more than 100 new-generation fighters.

Eurofighter officials said that the group is offering Turkey “equal partnership with equal voting rights as other member nations have,” and a $9 billion work share for its local defense industry if the Ankara government decides to buy 120 fighters, a $6 billion work share for 80 aircraft and a $3.2 billion work share for 40 aircraft.

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