Staff working on an aircraft on the Eurofighter Typhoon production line at BAE systems’ Warton plant near Preston, northern England. Europe’s largest defence contract said yesterday it had signed a £2.5 billion contract to supply aircraft to Oman, its first major deal since the collapse of a £27.7 billion merger plan.

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