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United Technologies told to pay $473 million to U.S. in lawsuit
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VIDEOS: Samlesbury's BAE Systems unveils forgotten aircraft designs from its archives
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Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO of General Electric Co. , speaks during a keynote address at the Minds + Machines 2012: Unleashing the Industrial Internet conference in San Francisco.
F-35-maker signs deal with CAE in anticipation of Canadian program resuming
The U.S. manufacturer of the oft-maligned F-35 has signed a deal with a leading Canadian maker of flight simulators in anticipation of the Harper government choosing to stick with the controversial stealth fighter program.
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Sir Roger Carr, who stepped down as president of the CBI lobby group earlier this week, will replace Dick Olver, who has held the role for nine years.
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Connecticut Aerospace Firms Fly To Paris Air Show
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Air show: Leasing company orders 50 Airbus jets
Airbus says aircraft leasing company ILFC made a firm order Monday for 50 short-haul A320neo jets, kicking off the Paris Air Show with a robust start for the European plane maker.
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's stock had its "neutral" rating reiterated by investment analysts at BNP Paribas in a note issued to investors on Monday, Analyst Ratings Network reports.
ILFC Exercises Options to Purchase 50 In ...
International Lease Finance Corporation , a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. , announced today that it has exercised options to purchase 50 incremental A320neo Family aircraft from Airbus that were part of the agreement signed in April 2011 for 100 firm A320neo Family aircraft.
BAE Systems releases secret 1960s designs - video
Engineering company BAE Systems has released information on a series of designs from the 1960s that never reached the production stage.
BAE's Thunderbirds are go! New centre celebrates defence giant's heritage at military factory
Futuristic: This plane, nicknamed Mustard, is one of the many old designs that BAE Systems has brought back to life via unique animations It has more than one million historical documents and artefacts in its stores and forgotten Thunderbirds-type designs made by British engineers in the 1960s have been brought to life.