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Qinetiq wins £205m, five-year follow-on MoD contract to sustain RAF Eurofighter Typhoon fleet

Qinetiq has secured a five-year, £205 million follow-on contract from the UK Ministry of Defence to continue delivering mission-critical engineering services in support of the Royal Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoon fleet. The award extends Qinetiq’s sustainment role for the combat aircraft into the next operational cycle.

Discovered 2026-01-19T04:40:25.136607-08:00 | 2026-01-19T04:40:25.136607-08:00

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The contract is worth £205 million over five years and funds mission-critical engineering services that directly support RAF Typhoon availability and operational readiness, preserving a key UK combat capability.
The award fits a pattern of multi-year sustainment spending for advanced fighters, comparable to other large logistics deals such as the US DoD’s follow-on F-35 logistics contract (see broader sustainment context) (source:fadff68b-513f-4d4f-bd7d-9ae68b9cb150).
It reinforces the UK defence industrial base’s role in lifecycle support and exportability amid active Eurofighter export and deployment activity across recent deals and operational deployments (source:0f13d03f-ca3c-4b27-a413-7a8feddbff04) (source:b502e151-3310-4314-a14f-21790d28f543).

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