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This Week Briefing
EADS chief executive Louis Gallois said the European aerospace giant is in talks with a few companies in defense, services and security for potential deals and could comfortably make an acquisition of around €1 billion ($1.3 billion).
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Top 100: Fuji’s heavyweight UAV ambitions
FUJI HEAVY Industries, a Japanese conglomerate that also manufactures automobiles, has jumped seven places to number 58 in the Top 100 after growing aerospace...
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Top 100: Kaman rises five places after Bell endorsement
KAMAN HAS risen five places to number 83 in our Top 100 after a year in which it won a five-year contract to build composite blade skins and core assemblies...
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Top 100: Kongsberg increases links with JSF
IN JUST two years, Kongsberg Group has climbed 23 places in the Top 100, with a rise of 12 positions in the past 12 months. Led by Walter Qvam since...
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Top 100: Chemring flares business burns brightly
CHEMRING Group has continued its steady progress up the Top 100 table this year through a mixture of organic growth and acquisitions. The Fareham,...
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Top 100: Martin-Baker branches out
EJECTION seat specialist Martin-Baker enters the Top 100 at 99 by virtue of a solid 23.3% jump in sales in 2009. "Overall growth and the commencement...
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TOP 100: Boeing leapfrogs EADS as profits slump
Boeing has bounced back to the summit of our Top 100 ranking of aerospace manufacturers after a year of boosted fortunes for its commercial aircraft division, but the wider experience for the industry was one of dramatically reduced profitability and minimal sales growth
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Embraer: Portugal could buy six KC-390s
Portugal has become the third international partner to back Embraer's KC-390 programme, and could buy six of the tanker/transports ...
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Poland issues tender for new jet trainer fleet
Poland has launched its long-awaited tender for a new advanced jet pilot training system, outlining an ambitious set of performance needs ...
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BAE Systems outlines potential cuts at Military Air Solutions, Insyte units
BAE Systems has outlined a potential new round of job losses linked to reduced workload on some of its aircraft programmes ...
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BAE unveils Hawk bid for USAF as tentative prime contractor
BAE Systems has formally unveiled the Hawk T2/128 as a contender for the US Air Force's future T-X trainer contract ...
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Flight-data recorder recovered from UPS 747 crash site
Recovery personnel have retrieved "in a reasonable condition" the flight data recorder from the wreckage of the UPS Boeing 747-400 that crashed at Dubai.
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Eurofighter offers Typhoon for Polish air force
The Eurofighter consortium has made its debut appearance at Poland’s International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce, with the Typhoon being promoted as a potential replacement for the nation’s RSK MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-22M4 strike aircraft.
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PICTURE: Polish-built Black Hawk makes MSPO show debut
PZL Mielec used the MSPO exhibition to reveal its second Polish-manufactured Sikorsky S-70i International Black Hawk ...
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DoD official shows fresh optimism on F-35 cost
A senior Department of Defense official says Lockheed Martin is on track to reduce the cost of each F-35 Joint Strike Fioghter by as much as 6.25% ...
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European transport command opens for business
A new organisation tasked with co-ordinating the transport and tanker activities of four European air forces has been formed ...
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PICTURES: RAF reveals 6 Sqn's first Typhoons
The Royal Air Force has released images of three Eurofighter Typhoons newly assigned to its reformed 6 Sqn ...
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Alrosa Tu-154 overruns after emergency landing in Russia
Seventy-two passengers on board a Russian-operated Tupolev Tu-154 have escaped injury after the tri-jet sustained damage after overrunning a short runway...
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BAE buys sensor company
BAE Systems is expanding its sensor portfolio, acquiring electro-optical systems and multispectral sensor company OASYS Technology. The terms of the...
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Daher-Socata's TBM turboprop gets multi-mission approval from EASA
Daher-Socata has won major change approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency for the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) version of its multi-mission TBM single-engined turboprop.