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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

BAE Systems awarded £20m contract to increase capability of Italian Tornados

Tornado GR4BAE Systems has been awarded a £20m contract for the upgrade of Italian Air Force Tornados which will give the aircraft extra capability.

Work will begin next year on the mid life upgrade of the ECR (Electronic Combat/ Reconnaissance) and IDS (Interdictor/Strike) aircraft variants and is expected to be completed in 2015.

BAE Systems involvement in the mid life upgrade includes the design, develop and manufacture kits for twenty-five aircraft and provide support to Alenia to embody the kits onto the aircraft at their Caselle factory in Turin, Italy.

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