British company BAE Systems exhibits its Eurofighter Typhoon jet at IDEF along with the most sophisticated air-to-air missile of fighter jet Meteor.
The Eurofighter consortium, presented by British BAE Systems, attends the International Defence Industries Fair (IDEF). The company has a very simple yet large booth where it represents the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet and its most sophisticated long-range, ramjet-powered air-to-air missile, the Meteor. It is known that Greece has asked France to block the sale to Turkiye, but French President Macron downplayed the request.
Germany’s former Chancellor Olaf Scholz initially blocked the sale, later gave the green light, and then blocked it again before handing over his post to Friedrich Merz. The new Chancellor supported the sale to Türkiye and met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the NATO Summit in The Hague. Meanwhile, BAE Systems assured the Unite union that the Eurofighter facility at Warton will continue production. The company’s CEO, Charles Woodburn, visited Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler in Ankara. The UK and Germany signed a new bilateral relations agreement in London, which eases the export of consortium products, such as the Eurofighter. All the clues signal a deal in Istanbul. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the deal would be preliminary and valued at around $5.6 billion for a maximum of 40 jets.
Author: Özgür Ekşi
