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UK and Turkiye sign Typhoon MOU as Germany clears export veto

The UK and Turkiye signed a memorandum of understanding at IDEF 2025 on a Typhoon jet purchase, after Germany's Federal Security Council cleared the last consortium export veto the same day.

Reported Editor-read BAE Systems statement reproduced by Lancashire Business View, 23 July 2025

What it does not test. Does not establish a firm purchase contract, price or confirmed aircraft numbers for Turkiye.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-19. How the record is made

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