BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia sign £1.9bn Hawk jet deal

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BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia sign £1.9bn Hawk jet deal

BBC – British defence giant BAE has signed a £1.9bn ($3bn) deal to supply Hawk trainer jets to Saudi Arabia, safeguarding over 200 UK jobs. The military contractor said the deal averted job losses at its Brough plant and guaranteed work for 30 apprentices. Twenty-two Hawks will be built under the deal with the majority of the work taking place in Lancashire – at BAE sites in Samlesbury and Warton. A Unite trade union official said hundreds of jobs were still at risk. BAE had previously said it was ending manufacture of the Hawk training jets at its Brough factory in 2013, with the loss of 865 jobs. Planes have been made at the plant for almost 100 years. But the company said on Wednesday 218 jobs at the Brough factory had been saved until mid-2015 and 73 more employees could be offered transfers to plants in Lancashire. Read Article

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