Typhoon is currently grounded due to a landing gear problem, although flying is expected to restart later this month, and the RAF will take deliveryof its first jets shortly afterwards.
At the Paris air show this month Scott Carson, who runs the commercial side of Boeing, had confirmed that the first delivery would be in the spring of 2010.
Suffredini said Monday that space station crew is well-supplied due to the deliveryof goods by the final U.S. shuttle mission carried out by Atlantis last month.