MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's Finmeccanica (>> Finmeccanica SpA) said expected to cash in more than 400 million euros (320.08 million pounds) from a contract the Eurofighter consortium signed with a North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) agency.

The consortium comprises also BAE Systems (>> BAE Systems plc) and Airbus (>> AIRBUS GROUP) in addition to the Italian defence group.

The contract signed on Wednesday between the Eurofighter consortium and the NATO agency will develop the electronically scanned Captor-E radar for the Typhoon jet, Finmeccanica said in a note.

(Reporting by Francesca Landini)

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