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FT.com - Aerospace and defence
| Dec 04, 2008 |
Navy faces aircraft carriers delay
The Royal Navy will have to wait up to two years longer for its £4bn aircraft carriers under cost-cutting plans being finalised by John Hutton, defence secretary
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| Dec 03, 2008 |
Dassault in pledge over Thales chief role
Aircraft group will not put forward own executive should Ranque leave in wake of stake sale
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| Dec 02, 2008 |
Boeing engineers approve new contract
Boeing's second-largest union voted to approve the company's four-year contract offer, avoiding a second damaging strike at the plane maker's Seattle-area plants
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| Dec 02, 2008 |
EADS rearranges deckchairs ahead of gathering storm
Last month, Louis Gallois, EADS chief executive, suggested it was perhaps time to scrap the European aerospace group's dual headquarters in Paris and Munich. Far...
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| Dec 02, 2008 |
SFO accesses Swiss files in BAE probe
British anti-corruption investigators have won access to Swiss bank files in an expanding probe into alleged bribery by BAE Systems in European arms deals
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| Dec 02, 2008 |
Affordability is a key asset for JSF
The main driver when the programme was first conceived was to manage what no one had ever managed to do before, to build a highly capable fighter at a relatively low price
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| Dec 01, 2008 |
F-35's first battle will be over sales
With defence budgets already tight given the billions spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan combined with the credit crunch, Lockheed faces a stiff challenge to woo customers
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| Dec 01, 2008 |
Congress stands firm on engine programme
Congress rebuffs attempts by the military to kill plans to build the alternative engine designed to power the F-35, refusing to succumb to the temptation of short-term savings
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| Nov 28, 2008 |
Cathay puts aircraft orders on hold
Hong Kong-based airline faced a sharp slowdown in both passenger and cargo traffic
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| Nov 28, 2008 |
BMI warns of biggest loss in its history
BMI British Midland, the second biggest airline operating at London Heathrow, has warned employees it will suffer the largest loss in its history this year. Nigel...
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| Nov 26, 2008 |
North American growth helps boost Qinetiq
Sales of bomb disposal robots and vehicle armour kits to forces in Iraq push the defence group's revenues up 14%, with almost half of that coming from the US
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| Nov 26, 2008 |
Eclipse Aviation files for Chapter 11
Eclipse Aviation, the troubled US pioneer maker of very light, 3-4 passenger corporate jets, collapsed into court-administered Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday
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| Nov 24, 2008 |
UK space industry craves boost from ministers
Britain is notorious for the low level of public support it gives to the sector compared with other industrialised countries, with its spending accounting for just 1.4% of the 2008 world total of $32.8bn
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| Nov 23, 2008 |
BAE's big guns keep the orders rolling in
The US and other governments have bought the company's M777 howitzers, now it hopes the British military will
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| Nov 20, 2008 |
Aerospace sector prepares for rocky ride
UK aerospace and defence groups join manufacturing peers in pointing to a challenging 2009 for employees and investors as Rolls chief sets out programme of tough medicine
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| Nov 20, 2008 |
Rolls-Royce to shed 2,000 jobs
The group, which supplies engines for both civil and military use, joins a string of companies which have announced redundancy plans as the economy deteriorates
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| Nov 19, 2008 |
Defence industry in funding alert
Executives warn that current spending levels on equipment threaten to devastate the onshore sector and leave Britain without a 'big stick' to pursue its global interests
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| Nov 18, 2008 |
Alcatel-Lucent/Thales
Dassault's proposal to buy Alcatel-Lucent's minority stake in Thales, the French aerospace electronics group, looks like a good deal
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| Nov 18, 2008 |
Dassault reveals exclusive Thales talks
Paris appears to have been decisive in a deal that represents a strong defence comeback for maker of Rafale combat aircraft and that marks a setback for EADS's ambitions
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| Nov 18, 2008 |
BAE joins queue for London bus
UK's leading defence contractor teams up for hybrid electric vehicle trial that is part of mayor of capital city's push towards greener and cleaner fleet
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