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• Tim Martin
The Eurofighter consortium is targeting more than 200 additional sales as demand for combat aircraft grows, despite continued export competition from the F-35. Production of Türkiye’s first aircraft from a 20-jet order has begun, with front-fuselage assembly at BAE Systems in the UK and center-fuselage work by Airbus in Germany.
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The Eurofighter consortium is targeting more than 200 additional sales as demand for combat aircraft grows, despite continued export competition from the F-35. Production of Türkiye’s first aircraft from a 20-jet order has begun, with front-fuselage assembly at BAE Systems in the UK and center-fuselage work by Airbus in Germany.
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