Defence giant BAE Systems has awarded South African company Aerosud a 10.5 million pound contract to make components for the European Eurofighter programme, the companies said. The deal, concluded late on Thursday, satisfies part of a contract-offset obligation by BAE Systems under a 1999 multi-billion-dollar contract for South Africa buy 24 Hawk fighter trainers and 28 Gripen light fighters.
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