There is also some
information on Reuters albeit very sketchy.
Oman has indicated that it intends to buy an unspecified number of Eurofighter warplanes, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's spokesman said Friday.
The possible deal followed three years of talks between Brown and the leaders of Oman, the spokesman said without giving details of the size or timing of any sale.
Media reports in late 2008 said Oman was in talks with BAE Systems (BAES.L) to buy 24 Typhoons worth at least 1.4 billion pounds.
The British company makes the Eurofighter alongside Italian group Finmeccanica (SIFI.MI) and European aerospace group EADS (EAD.PA). The engines are supplied by a group led by Rolls-Royce (RR.L) and Germany's MTU Aero Engines (MTXGn.DE).
A BAE spokesman said the company had no immediate comment, but would release a statement later Friday.
If confirmed, the deal would give a boost to the Eurofighter project after years of uncertainty over whether European countries would agree to buy the full number of jets they signed up for.
More to be released later today...