Tornado Support Contract

BAE SYSTEMS PLC
22 December 2006



                   BAE Systems Tornado support contract award

                                                                22 December 2006



BAE Systems has today been awarded a £947 million contract by the UK Ministry of
Defence (MoD) that will increase the Tornado aircraft's availability for
frontline operations, while considerably reducing the cost to the taxpayer.



The contract, known as ATTAC (Availability Transformation: Tornado Aircraft
Contract) will provide guaranteed availability of Tornado aircraft for the RAF.
ATTAC is potentially worth in the region of £1.5 billion over the initial 10
years of the programme and will save the MoD £510 million.



Under the ATTAC service, BAE Systems will work in a partnered approach with the
UK MoD's Defence Logistics Organisation and the RAF, reflecting principles such
as through life capability management and contracting for availability as set
out in the UK Defence Industrial Strategy.







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