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# UK signs GBP 453.5 million contract with BAE and Leonardo for Typhoon ECRS Mk2 radar
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-01-22-uk-typhoon-ecrs-mk2-radar-contract/
- Published: 2026-01-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:51:26.000Z
- Description: The UK Ministry of Defence signed a GBP 453.5 million production contract with BAE Systems, Leonardo UK and Parker Meggitt to build the ECRS Mk2 AESA radar for RAF Typhoons, sustaining about 1,300 jobs, part of a package MoD billed as half a billion pounds with a second Typhoon contract.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified

Verified [Defence Equipment and Support (UK Ministry of Defence) press release, 22 January 2026](https://des.mod.uk/state-of-the-art-radar-production-contract-secures-1-300-uk-defence-jobs?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish delivery of the radar to aircraft; this is a production contract award, not a fielded capability.

**How this item counts.** No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0\. Production contract with existing UK/EU suppliers; no new sovereignty question moved. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)