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UK signs GBP 453.5 million contract with BAE and Leonardo for Typhoon ECRS Mk2 radar

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.

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Verified Defence Equipment and Support (UK Ministry of Defence) press release, 22 January 2026

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

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