Analysis-Lockheed-Airbus Face Lengthening Odds In U.S. Tanker Re-run

By Valerie Insinna and Tim Hepher WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) – European hopes of winning at the second attempt a groundbreaking U.S. military order for refueling planes are fading after the Pentagon scaled back its potential order, cooling the prospect of a new transatlantic “Tanker War,” industry sources said. Aerospace titans Airbus and Boeing clashed in an…

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Analysis-Lockheed-Airbus face lengthening odds in U.S. tanker re-run

By Valerie Insinna and Tim Hepher WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) – European hopes of winning at the second attempt a groundbreaking U.S. military order for refueling planes are fading after the Pentagon scaled back its potential order, cooling the prospect of a new transatlantic “Tanker War,” industry sources said. Aerospace titans Airbus and Boeing clashed in an…

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Russia’s Putin rebuts key elements of African peace plan for Ukraine

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday gave African leaders seeking to mediate in the war in Ukraine a list of reasons why he believed many of their proposals were misguided, pouring cold water on a plan already largely dismissed by Kyiv. The African leaders were seeking agreement on a series of “confidence building…

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China ‘deplores’ UK security minister’s meeting with Taiwanese minister

LONDON (Reuters) – The Chinese embassy in London on Sunday condemned a meeting last week between Britain’s security minister, Tom Tugendhat, and Taiwan’s digital minister, saying it violated international relations. Reuters reported on Friday that Tugendhat had met the Taiwanese Digital Affairs Minister Audrey Tang on Wednesday during a rare high-level ministerial trip to Britain….

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Exclusive-Mystery X9 helicopter takes shape as potential successor to Airbus H145

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – After a decade in the shadows, one of Europe’s mystery aerospace projects – the X9 helicopter – is taking shape as a potential future successor to Airbus Helicopters’ H145 light-twin chopper, with plans for a demonstrator underway, industry sources said. The X9 was one of two coded projects briefly…

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