Industry Awaits Next Step In UK-Saudi Fighter Relationship

Eurofighter Typhoon

A Royal Saudi Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon was part of the flying display at the World Defense Show. Another local order for the platform has not emerged.

Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST
The stage was all set. Riyadh’s slick World Defense Show surrounded by the shimmering Arabian desert seemed to be the perfect place to announce a long-awaited next step in the combat aircraft relationship between the UK and Saudi Arabia. Alas, it was not to be—at least not for the moment. A long...

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