Rolls-Royce flies high: aircraft engines

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US aircraft-engine makers cried foul after Rolls Royce secured $2 billion in contracts, mostly from Singapore Airlines, at the Paris Air Show. The British firm was rescued from bankruptcy and heavily subsidized by the government, and GE and Pratt & Whitney claim it is still competing unfairly.

Aircraft Engines & Parts, Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing, Aircraft engines and engine parts, Aircraft engine industry, Aircraft engines, Market share, Rolls-Royce Ltd., GE Aircraft Engines

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Cheques away, European Fighter Aircraft

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The governments of Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK have agreed to continue with the EFA's development. German defense minister Volker Ruhe dropped his opposition to the fighter in response to a report that suggests that the EFA's costs could be reduced by at least 20%.

Evaluation, Europe, International aspects, Military policy, Western Europe, Fighter planes, Airplanes, Military, Military airplanes, Europe, Western

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