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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jasper Jolly

BAE Systems says it is ‘confident’ of receiving orders for Typhoon jets

The military jet lands at the RAF base.
A Typhoon at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. The fighter jet was produced as a joint project between the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

The British weapons manufacturer BAE Systems has said it is confident of receiving further export orders for the Typhoon fighter jet, a development that would secure the future of several hundred jobs at its factory in Lancashire.

The company is hoping for as many as 150 more orders for the jet, with up to two-thirds of those expected to be assembled in the UK. It comes after Unite, a union representing manufacturing workers, raised concerns over the future of the assembly line at Warton.

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