ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey and the United Kingdom signed a multibillion-dollar deal for the sale of 20 new EF-2000 Eurofighter Typhoon jets during British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to Ankara on Monday.

According to a press release shared by the U.K. government, the deal is worth up to £8 billion pounds (U.S. $10.7 billion), making it the biggest export deal in a generation. This is the first new order of U.K. Typhoons since 2017.

The deal will help sustain around 20,000 jobs in the U.K. The first delivery is expected to take place in 2030.

The details of the deal, including whether it includes any spare parts and/or weapons, were not disclosed in the release.

Starmer and U.K. Secretary of State for Defence John Healey spoke to Royal Air Force pilots in front of a Eurofighter j

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