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UK's BAE Systems confident on winning new Typhoon orders
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Posted on July 15, 2025
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 15, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
BAE Systems is confident in securing new Typhoon jet orders from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, supported by UK government upgrades.
Warton, ENGLAND (Reuters) -British defence company BAE Systems is confident on winning new orders for Typhoon military jets from countries such as Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, its European air sector boss told reporters on Tuesday.
"We're working with the UK government on a number of those campaigns presently," Richard Hamilton, Managing Director for Europe and International in BAE Systems Air sector, said at the group's facility in Warton, northern England.
Asked whether he was confident that those sales campaigns would result in new orders for the aircraft, he said: "yeah, absolutely", adding that there was potential for new orders of up to 150 new Typhoons.
Underpinning that confidence in the new export order, he said, was Britain's commitment to funding upgrades to Typhoon's capabilities, which extends the aircraft's lifespan.
"The confidence it gives the export partner, you know, with the Saudis, with the Turkish, when they see that this thing has a life, it just makes the whole conversation so much easier," he said.
Trade unions in Britain have raised concerns that without the new orders, some BAE final assembly production lines would run out of work in the 2030s.
(Reporting by Sarah Young; Editing by Catarina Demony)
BAE Systems is confident about winning new orders for Typhoon military jets from countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.
Richard Hamilton mentioned there is potential for new orders of up to 150 new Typhoon jets.
The confidence is underpinned by Britain's commitment to funding upgrades to Typhoon's capabilities, which extends the aircraft's lifespan.
Trade unions in Britain have expressed concerns that without new orders, some BAE final assembly production lines could run out of work in the 2030s.
BAE Systems is currently collaborating with the UK government on several sales campaigns, which enhances their confidence in securing new orders.
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