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China Eastern Airlines to buy 25 Airbus A330neo jets for list price of $9.4 billion
China Eastern Airlines said on Friday it plans to buy 25 A330neo jets from Airbus for a catalogue price of about $9.35 billion, as the Chinese carrier expands its widebody fleet t...
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NATO allies promised Trump they’d secure the Arctic; they've got work to do
During a frozen morning in Arctic Norway, a group of British and Norwegian soldiers padded softly through a snow-blanketed birch forest.
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US core capital goods orders rebound sharply in May
New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods rebounded sharply in May as demand increased broadly, suggesting business spending on equipment would again underpin economic gr...
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Ukraine's Fire Point aims to produce ballistic missile interceptor by year-end
Ukraine's Fire Point, maker of the Flamingo cruise missile, is accelerating plans to develop a European missile defence system after an agreement with German radar maker Hensoldt ...
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Aerospace parts maker Doncasters raises $919.3 million in US IPO
Doncasters said on Wednesday it had raised $919.3 million in its U.S. initial public offering, as the nearly 250-year-old aerospace parts maker heads for its New York debut after ...
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Airbus ordered to inspect some A380 jets over cracks in wings
Airbus said on Wednesday it was supporting inspections on a subset of A380 aircraft after Europe's aviation regulator ordered urgent checks on the jets’ wing structures.
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German minister: cost of ditched F126 frigate project already €2.3 bln
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said continuing the landmark F126 frigate project would only result in disproportionately high costs and delays, adding that a good €2...
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Italy rebukes NATO's Rutte over remarks on US use of bases in Iran war
Italy on Wednesday pushed back against remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that hundreds of U.S. aircraft had taken off from American bases in Italy to support military o...
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Switzerland starts talks to acquire non-US air defence system
Switzerland has started contract negotiations with manufacturers from France, Israel and South Korea for a second air defence system following delays to its order of U.S. Patriot ...
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Trump to meet munitions makers amid push to replenish weapons stockpiles
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet munitions makers at the White House on Wednesday as his administration pushes to expand weapons production after military operations in I...
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European shares hold flat on US-Iran talks; Rheinmetall slides
European shares were muted on Wednesday, as investors assessed developments in the U.S.-Iran negotiations, while defence group Rheinmetall dropped after a media report that German...
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Tank maker KNDS joins European defence boom with IPO in Frankfurt, Paris
KNDS, the Franco-German maker of Leopard 2 tanks and Caesar howitzers, said on Wednesday it planned to list its shares in Frankfurt and Paris in the latest initial public offering...
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NATO's Rutte to meet Trump, aiming to ease tensions ahead of July summit
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, seeking to ease tensions over the Iran war and U.S. threats to draw d...
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Germany set to scrap plans to build F126 frigates, FT reports
Germany plans to scrap a delayed multibillion-euro project to build F126 frigates, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, in what could be a blow to Rheinmetall's hopes to sec...
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Ukraine's PM to head delegation at reconstruction conference in Poland
Ukraine's Prime Minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, will head a delegation to a major reconstruction conference in Poland this week, amid escalating diplomatic tensions between the t...
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EU needs to integrate Ukraine in defence union, Kubilius says
The EU needs to integrate Ukraine in a future defence union, EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said on Tuesday.
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France orders 5,000 drones from Dassault-backed startup Harmattan AI
France is ordering 5,000 soldier drones from French startup Harmattan AI, the army ministry said on Tuesday, one of the country's biggest purchases of small drones as it rushes ...
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Russian strategic bombers make 16-hour test flight over Barents, Norwegian seas
Russian strategic Tu-160 missile-carrying bombers conducted a 16-hour flight including an air-to-air refueling test in the neutral zone over the Barents Sea and the Norwegian ...
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