Production of Eurofighter Typhoons is being reduced to cut annual expenditures and help extend the life of the production line while attempts are made to secure export orders. Output across the Typhoon production lines will fall to 43 from 53 aircraft per year by the end of next year. The result is that given current orders, the production line will remain open until at least the end of 2017. The move, along with the slow ramp-up in F-35 production, has prompted BAE Systems to announce the shedding of another 3,000 jobs.
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