Aerospace & Defence
Nervous Bombardier workers in Belfast await competition ruling
US commerce department due to give opinion on Boeing complaint against rivalSource: https://www.ft.com/content/ca88ee98-a2b7-11e7-9e4f-7f5e6a7c98a2
Struggling Cobham hires former Airbus UK chief
Source: https://www.ft.com/content/b88b3256-faef-36e0-8503-5f9f8c597273
Best of Lex: your weekly round-up
Business, the continuation of politics by other meansSource: https://www.ft.com/content/1ee18e18-9ee5-11e7-8cd4-932067fbf946
North Korean missiles prompt airlines to change routes
Move comes amid fears of miscalculation and concerns of accidental strikeSource: https://www.ft.com/content/a115040e-9f5e-11e7-8cd4-932067fbf946
Capita stripped of key contract running MoD military estate early
UK outsourcer reports 26% plunge in first-half pre-tax profitsSource: https://www.ft.com/content/3eb508ec-9eb2-11e7-8cd4-932067fbf946
Boeing/Bombardier: hornets’ nest
The US group’s curious legal course suggests instrument troubleSource: https://www.ft.com/content/00a234ac-9d41-11e7-8cd4-932067fbf946
Canada and UK warn Boeing over Bombardier suit
May and Trudeau hint at procurement curbs if US group pursues state aid claimsSource: https://www.ft.com/content/8fd721f6-9c9b-11e7-8cd4-932067fbf946
BAE’s Typhoon must navigate Gulf diplomacy
UK runs into regional tensions given Saudi Arabia is a bigger customer than QatarSource: https://www.ft.com/content/d1ee7574-9c6b-11e7-8cd4-932067fbf946
Northrop Grumman: fight club
Threats are expanding. Defence spending has notSource: https://www.ft.com/content/73b8498c-9c8c-11e7-8cd4-932067fbf946
Northrop Grumman to acquire rival Orbital in $9.2bn deal
Latest in a series of large aerospace sector mergers this year in buoyant US marketSource: https://www.ft.com/content/7f40e6cc-9c02-11e7-9a86-4d5a475ba4c5
Northrop Grumman to buy Orbital ATK in $9.2bn deal
Source: https://www.ft.com/content/a67bc062-36c7-3ff3-acf9-78e3c2c2b55d
BAE rises on Qatar fighter jet pact
Source: https://www.ft.com/content/47a0e12a-97c8-333d-a543-614048a3ec16
Refining NZ, Air New Zealand fall on Auckland airport pipeline leak
Source: https://www.ft.com/content/86166bb0-de2d-3c7f-9233-b45e394c09f5
Theresa May to focus on trade and Boeing in Trudeau meeting
Leaders seek to lay ground to replicate EU-Canada trade deal after BrexitSource: https://www.ft.com/content/2e2ae608-9bac-11e7-9a86-4d5a475ba4c5
BAE boost as Qatar looks to buy 24 Typhoon fighter jets
Statement of intent by Gulf state lifts flagging production of aircraftSource: https://www.ft.com/content/4994a434-9bbf-11e7-8cd4-932067fbf946
GKN picks aerospace specialist as new chief executive
Kevin Cummings will take top job at manufacturer when Nigel Stein retiresSource: https://www.ft.com/content/d3d5023c-9927-11e7-a652-cde3f882dd7b
BAE voices concern about Britain’s warship building shake-up
UK plan for new frigate highlights threat to defence company’s naval monopolySource: https://www.ft.com/content/99506308-968a-11e7-a652-cde3f882dd7b
May raises Belfast Bombardier plant concerns with Trump
PM speaks to US president over issue after pressure from Democratic Unionist partySource: https://www.ft.com/content/178f2c4a-973f-11e7-a652-cde3f882dd7b
Boeing a prime target in the event of US-China trade war
But there are good reasons to believe that Beijing will not seek retributionSource: https://www.ft.com/content/86f207f2-96fd-11e7-b83c-9588e51488a0
Candid UTC chief executive put to the test
Greg Hayes faces big challenges in aim to create world’s biggest aerospace supplierSource: https://www.ft.com/content/bd4a611c-948e-11e7-bdfa-eda243196c2c
Source: https://www.ft.com/stream/897a4a32-9526-312f-ba62-fb499a69dbcb
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