F-35 fighter price could soar if delayed: general
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Lockheed Martin Corp.'s LMT.N F-35   Joint Strike Fighter, funded by the United States and eight   other countries, initially could cost another $12 million to   $16 million apiece if production is curtailed in early years,   the project's top general said on Friday.
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European aircraft maker Airbus has said its estimate of world demand for airliners in the next 20 years had leapt by 31.2 percent in two years to 22,700, with the value of the global aircraft market expected to hit 2.6 trillion dollars by 2025.
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Contract for 72 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft likely to be much higher than published sum.
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Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT.N's F-35   Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, funded by the United States and   eight other countries, could cost as much as an extra $12   million to $16 million apiece at first if production plans are   curtailed in early years, the general running the project said   Friday.
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European plane-maker Airbus has warned it may need 15 years to catch up with and overtake US rival Boeing, while the co-chief executive at parent company EADS said plans for the new mid-size A350 jet might have to be scrapped.
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Lockheed Martin Corp.  was awarded a $400 million contract for F-16 aircraft sales to several foreign countries and also won a $248 million contract to support the F-22 weapon system, the Pentagon said on Friday.
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The F/A-22 Raptor, powered by a Connecticut company&#39;s engines, has emerged as an early target in the Pentagon&#39;s efforts to slash $60 billion over the next six years, but the
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The board of European aerospace group EADS  is 90 percent certain to agree on Friday to finance the launch of Airbus's planned A350 mid-size, long-haul jet, a source close to the board told Reuters on Friday.
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Airbus  said on Monday funding for its wide bodied A350 plane remained open and might include a capital hike but cautioned that one airline might cancel orders for the new aircraft.
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The U.S. Air Force wants to postpone  until 2009 choosing either Boeing Co.  or a team led by  Northrop Grumman Corp.  to win a contract potentially  valued at $20 billion or more to supply air-to-air refueling  tankers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Defence group BAE Systems  fears Saudi Arabia is delaying talks to buy 72 Eurofighter aircraft.
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The chief executive of JetBlue Airways Corp.  said on Tuesday that reimbursing passengers on delayed flights and updating its operations to prevent further delays could cost the airline $30 million or more.
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U.S. stocks may stall at the start of  this week as investors wait for word from the Federal Reserve's  final policy meeting of the year.
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The Pentagon is planning sharp cuts in  the Air Force's program for its new F/A-22 fighter jet in a  move budget analysts said was intended to offset mounting U.S.  deficits and the growing costs of the Iraq war, Wednesday's New  York Times reported.
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Boeing Co's  defense unit expects rising Asian military budgets to drive double-digit sales growth in the region and help offset flat U.S. defense spending, its chief Asia-Pacific salesman told Reuters on Thursday.
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The Pentagon will delay $283 million in potential payments to Lockheed Martin Corp. on the Joint Strike Fighter to push the company to meet goals on the program.
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Booming orders for new military  aircraft boosted overall orders to U.S. factories by 0.5  percent to a seasonally adjusted $371.51 billion in October,  the government reported on Thursday, though demand was flat  when defense was excluded.