Britain and the three other nations behind the Eurofighter agreed today to invest another £11 billion in the fighter jet project to compete with rival US and French warplanes.
Spanish defence minister Jose Bono announced the decision after holding talks with his British, German and Italian counterparts in Madrid.
The four nations are involved in the project to build, use and market a state-of-the-art jet fighter, to be called the Typhoon by the RAF.
The four had already agreed to buy a total of 620 of the planes, with options for 90 more, and some have already been delivered. Spain, for instance, now has seven and is to take delivery of seven more this year.
The investment agreed is earmarked for upgrading the existing model of the jet with new technology, Spanish defence ministry officials said.
Bono said a deal has been sealed to sell Eurofighter planes to Austria and talks are underway with countries that include Turkey.
and also on the Singaporean fighter competition...
see the bit about 'close to an agreement' below.
Reuters
Its all getting interesting, What upgrades do you think it needs apart from AESA radar (AMSAR).
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