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Hoon to hand Hawk deal to BAE
The defence secretary is thought to be close to deciding to award British firm BAE Systems a £1 billion Hawk Jet contract ahead of foreign rivals.
BAE "has grounds to be optimistic", a Ministry of Defence official is quoted as saying in the FT.
The decision follows intense lobbying from trade secretary Patricia Hewitt to keep the contract in the country.
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Published: Tue, 20 May 2003 01:00:00 GMT+01
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