DW:Eurofighter contract signed in Germany

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Eurofighter contract signed in Germany

Germany, Spain, Italy and Britain, have decided to split the order for the third tranche of production of the Eurofighter into two parts for budgetary reasons. The contract, worth about eight billion euros ($11.2 billion), for 112 of the 236 planes in the third tranche, was signed at the Eurofighter consortium headquarters near Munich by Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain. The Eurofighter Typhoon, a multi-purpose combat aircraft, has been developed by a consortium of European aerospace companies - BAE Systems of Britain, the Italian company Alenia/Finmeccanica and EADS, which represents the industrial interests of both Spain and Germany.