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Friday, April 24, 2009

BAE wins £574m Harrier contract

AV-8B HarrierThe contract is designed to save the Government £70m over the next nine years, until Harrier's out-of-service date in 2018.

The jump-jet will then be replaced by the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

BAE, which is Europe's largest defence company, has now won more than £1bn of business from the MoD in the last two months, after agreeing a £450m contract in March to service and maintain the RAF's new Typhoon aircraft.

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