BAE Systems has been given a massive boost after Kuwait agreed to buy 28 of the Typhoon fighters which the company makes through its membership of the Eurofighter consortium.
The sale is a vote of confidence for the jet, which has recently lost out on export orders to France’s Rafale jet.
As well as BAE, the partner companies in the consortium are Airbus Defence and Space in Germany and Spain, and Alenia Aermacchi/Finmeccanica in Italy, which spearheaded the sales campaign in Kuwait.