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ADN Kronos International November 17, 2009 Mideast: Growing demand predicted for fighter jets Dubai: A European consortium set up to build the Typhoon fighter jet expects global demand to hit 300 over the next 20 years, with the Gulf Arab region yielding the biggest potential growth. Eurofighter chief executive Enzo Casolini made the prediction at the Dubai Air Show on Tuesday. "We estimate the market for fighter jets globally is 800 in 20 years," Enzo Casolini told reporters. "For Eurofighter, we target 300 global export contracts. It could vary from 50 to 100 Eurofighters depending on how optimistic I am." Casolini said Eurofighter, a consortium comprising Italian aerospace giant Finmeccanica, Britain's BAE Systems and the European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Company, had seen steady demand from the Gulf Arab states. He added that the company expected an order backlog of 25 billion euros (37 billion dollars) by the end of the year and revenues of 4 billion euros (6 billion dollars). Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are moving to upgrade their respective air forces, as well as missile defence and naval forces, amid growing international concern about Iran's nuclear ambitions. In 2007, Eurofighter signed a 7.25 billion dollar deal with Saudi Arabia for 72 Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes. Casolini said the Middle East would account for one third of Eurofighters in operation in 20 years. But he declined to predict how long it would take to sell as many as 100 new aircraft. Finmeccanica has adopted a high profile at the Dubai Air Show after it sealed a partnership agreement in the high tech aeronautics sector with the Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Development Company in October last year. The Italian company has predicted strong growth in the UAE market because of the country's unprecedented economic and industrial diversification and it opened an office in Abu Dhabi last year. Finmeccanica's subsidiaries have had partnerships with UAE companies for several years and the company has been selected by the Emirate's navy to supply naval and underwater systems for a new class of ship. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected] or [email protected] Daily digest option available. ============================== --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bNM5nn.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [email protected] For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
