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  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Military briefing: Ukraine war exposes ‘hard reality’ of west’s weapons capacity

    Nations have been slow to sign contracts companies need to boost supply to Kyiv

  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
    Special ReportThe Future of Energy
    The next big thing in nuclear will be very small

    Modular reactors can deliver power with lower costs and construction risks than large, conventional plants

  • Monday, 28 November, 2022
    Aerospace & Defence
    Rolls-Royce tests hydrogen-fueled aircraft engine in aviation world first

    Successful ground trial is a ‘milestone’ in the years-long process to decarbonise flying

  • Monday, 28 November, 2022
    UK energy
    Sunak signs off on £18mn public information campaign to save energy

    Push on cutting power use to come at same time as plans for extra £1bn to insulate least energy-efficient homes

  • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
    The Big Read
    The fighter jet that could create a new alliance between the UK and Japan

    A partnership set to be agreed this year marks a shift in the Asian country’s role in the global defence industry after years in the shadows

  • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
    Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    Rolls-Royce calls for formal funding talks over small nuclear plants

    Company warns of UK electricity generation crisis if baseload capacity problems are not resolved

  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    Babcock International Group PLC
    Babcock expects boom in military training demand on back of Ukraine war

    UK defence contractor generates bulk of revenues from support activities including equipment maintenance

  • Monday, 21 November, 2022
    FT SeriesTech Champions
    Start-up aims to make zero-emission hydrogen a commercial reality

    By producing gas at the point of use, HiiROC sidesteps costly problems of storage and distribution

  • Friday, 18 November, 2022
    Aerospace & Defence
    European fighter jet project moves into next phase

    Europe’s biggest weapons programme had been mired by delays and Franco-German recriminations

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
    Aerospace & Defence
    France and Germany to fire up stalled fighter jet project

    Green light expected soon in next phase of Europe’s largest weapons programme

  • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
    UK defence industry
    UK awards £1.6bn Royal Navy contract to Spanish-led consortium

    Defence secretary praises ‘welcome boost’ to shipbuilding as Navantia, Harland & Wolff and BMT win contract

  • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
    Sanjeev Gupta
    Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Steel nears deal with creditors

    Struggling metals group could pay less than 50 pence in the pound on outstanding loans

  • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
    BAE Systems PLC
    BAE Systems bullish as defence spending rises

    Europe’s largest defence contractor in talks to ramp up production of key artillery used in Ukraine

  • Monday, 14 November, 2022
    UK defence spending
    Sunak quiet on defence budget as he signs off on £4.2bn frigate contract

    PM refuses to be drawn on matching Truss’s promise of big boost to military spending

  • Monday, 14 November, 2022
    Sanjeev Gupta
    Sanjeev Gupta faces battle over control of Belgian steel plants

    Court to rule on whether to take control of two sites

  • Sunday, 13 November, 2022
    InterviewWar in Ukraine
    Ukraine minister warns state could seize more corporate assets

    German Galushchenko says takeovers are temporary and only to help war effort

  • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
    Special ReportChemicals and Manufacturing
    German chemicals giant stockpiles coal to keep producing

    Soaring prices and gas shortages have led manufacturers to adopt contingency measures

  • Monday, 7 November, 2022
    Aircraft manufacturing
    Russia’s aviation industry defies sanctions to remain airborne

    Domestic air travel rebounds as worries over safety rise

  • Sunday, 6 November, 2022
    News in-depthUK business & economy
    UK steel industry warns it needs state aid to survive green transition

    Britain’s two big producers say government must match support offered to domestic suppliers across Europe

  • Friday, 4 November, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK steelmakers urge government to close Russian sanctions loophole

    Products processed in third countries are still being imported, according to trade body UK Steel

  • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
    Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    Rolls-Royce sticks to full-year outlook despite high inflation

    Chief says FTSE 100 group can weather rising prices and aviation industry’s sluggish recovery

  • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
    Aircraft manufacturing
    ‘A ride on the struggle bus’: engines shortage thwarts aviation’s recovery

    Aerospace companies struggle to meet demand from carriers clamouring for new planes

  • Sunday, 30 October, 2022
    Suella Braverman
    Braverman faces mounting pressure over security breaches

    Home secretary’s allies say it took her several hours to alert cabinet secretary to ‘error of judgment’

  • Friday, 28 October, 2022
    News in-depthAircraft manufacturing
    China inches forward against duopoly of Boeing and Airbus

    World’s two largest passenger aircraft manufacturers face biggest threat from collapse of Chinese travel, say experts

  • Friday, 28 October, 2022
    Airbus SE
    Airbus sticks to delivery target despite supply chain problems

    Aircraft maker’s chief executive says crisis will last until next year even as strong dollar boosts cash flow target

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