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Sunday Interview: BAE boss Nigel Whitehead : relations with EADS have strengthened

Source: The Telegraph, Nov 25 2012, 2:05am CST

Mr Whitehead says BAE is working closely with the MoD on the matter, with the decision predicated on future workloads once the two Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers at present being built are completed. Industry i ...

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CITY INTERVIEW: Boeing boss Jim McNerney pilots a path to the future

Source: This Is Money  |   Jun 19 2013, 4:36pm CDT

Storm clouds threatened to engulf the 50th Paris Air Show this week as rival aircraft-makers lined up to engage in the one-upmanship that is the centrepiece of the biennial industrial bunfight. Le Bourget, t ...

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After 2 years, BAE 'close to sealing Typhoons deal'

Source: United Press International  |   Jun 19 2013, 3:42pm CDT

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 19 (UPI) -- Britain's BAE Systems, Europe's biggest defense company, reportedly expects to wrap up a price deal with Saudi Arabia for 72 Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets after two years of tort ...

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"Only 8pc of companies have apprentice-ships, and only 11pc of manufacturing companies in the UK have apprenticeships and that's a concern. And a number of companies have taken advantage of the downturn and assumed that they can employ people with skills and experience without having to train."


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Qatar interested in Eurofighter, Rafale jets

Source: Hartford Courant  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:47am CDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Qatar is likely to launch an international tender to renew its fleet of ageing fighter jets soon and is interested in France's Rafale, a French official said, while sources said it was also loo ...

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New Eurofighter chief aims to make jet cheaper

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   Jun 19 2013, 4:47am CDT

An Eurofighter Typhoon jet is seen with weapons in a static display area, two days before the opening of the 50th Paris Air Show, at the Le Bourget airport near Paris, June 15, 2013. PARIS (Reuters) - The new chief of the Eurofighter Typh ...

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Typhoons to carry MBDA's Meteor missiles

Source: United Press International  |   Jun 18 2013, 3:15pm CDT

PARIS, June 18 (UPI) -- MBDA's Meteor air-to-air missile is to be integrated onto Eurofighter Typhoon fighters, complementing missile systems already used by the aircraft. Integration comes with the signing at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday of an agreemen ...

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Final piece of Britain's new aircraft carrier sets sail

Source: The Engineer Online  |   Jun 18 2013, 12:12pm CDT

The final section of the UK’s first new aircraft carrier in 30 years, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has left its shipyard. The carrier’s aft island, including its air traffic control tower and flight operations centre, is ...

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S Korea opens bidding on $7.3 billion fighter jet deal

Source: Channel News Asia  |   Jun 17 2013, 10:20pm CDT

SEOUL: South Korea formally opened bidding Tuesday on a $7.3 billion deal to provide 60 advanced fighter planes, with three aviation giants vying for what is the Asian nation's largest defence contract to date. US compani ...

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Sonic boom: Ministry of Defence apologises for ‘waking a few people up’

Source: Cambridge Evening News  |   Jun 17 2013, 1:26pm CDT

THE Ministry of Defence has apologised for “waking people up” in Cambridgeshire when a sonic boom thundered out as a jet broke the sound barrier. The bang at around 11.30am yesterday morning sounded like an explosion as homes shook and prompted c ...

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Breaking News: Aircraft carrier section sets sail

Source: Hamilton Advertiser  |   Jun 16 2013, 4:25pm CDT

A 750-tonne section of the UK's biggest aircraft carrier has set sail on its first sea voyage to be assembled with the rest of the giant warship. The aft island of HMS Queen Elizabeth left BAE Systems' Scotstoun yard on the ...

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