£317m contract awarded to develop next generation radar for the Royal Air Force Typhoon
(WorldNews Europe)

BAE Systems and Leonardo have been awarded a contract to develop the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), the European Common Radar System Mark 2(ECRS Mk2) radar, to a standard ready to be integrated on to RAF Typhoons. It will sustain more than 600 highly skilled jobs across the country, including more than 300 at Leonardo`s site in Edinburgh, over 100 electronic warfare specialists at the company`s site in Luton, and 120 engineers at BAE Systems` site in Lancashire. The ECRS2 is a multi-functional array (MFA) that will give UK Typhoons a world-leading Electronic Warfare capability, in addition to...