UAE, Britain and failure of Eurofighter dealnote

BAE Systems announced yesterday (19/12/13) that the UAE had decided not to proceed with talks on a deal for 60 Eurofighters, although the Emiratis were still seeing until recently that BAE Systems had better chances to win a deal for this aircraft than Dassault Aviation for the Rafale. The following 480-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the failure of the Eurofighter deal.