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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comSat, 10 May 2008 12:01 BSTSun, 11 May 2008 23:47:47 BSTNewspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/companies/aerospace(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6b6eede-1e6e-11dd-baa6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6b6eede-1e6e-11dd-baa6-000077b07658.htmlMike Turner, chief executive of BAE Systems, is in talks to become chairman of Babcock International, in what would be his first significant role after retiring from the defence company.Sat, 10 May 2008 12:01 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aad0e866-1e29-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aad0e866-1e29-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlMinisters are this weekend preparing to give the go-ahead to two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, ending months of speculation that the flagship programme...Sat, 10 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55bced92-1d2b-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55bced92-1d2b-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlAn acquisition of DRS, a US military supplier, could be a springboard for the Italian group into a key defence marketThu, 8 May 2008 19:43 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5c16efb6-1c82-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5c16efb6-1c82-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlThe UK defence ministry has asked General Dynamics of the US to provide the vehicle design for a new generation of armoured vehicles for the armyThu, 8 May 2008 15:55 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f790810a-1c96-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f790810a-1c96-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlDick Olver confirms he is seeking a review by the new head of the Serious Fraud Office of its abandoned probe into the £43bn al-Yamamah arms deal with Saudi ArabiaThu, 8 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/98b2895c-1c60-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/98b2895c-1c60-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlAnything Brown has to say on corporate responsibility and its contribution to development is undermined by his failure to enforce it in Britain's government-industrial nexusWed, 7 May 2008 19:29 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/950b6154-1bc3-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/950b6154-1bc3-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlDick Olver, BAE's chairman, hopes that Lord Woolf's report will silence some of the company's critics, drive a cultural revolution and help it to leave its past behindWed, 7 May 2008 03:16 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a59585fc-1ba7-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a59585fc-1ba7-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlAirbus has abandoned talks on the sale of two French sites, part of the Franco-German aircraft maker's cost-cutting programmeWed, 7 May 2008 00:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25758d8e-1b9a-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25758d8e-1b9a-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe government should set up a public inquiry into the Al-Yamamah bribery allegations and the decision to end the investigation into themTue, 6 May 2008 19:50 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d80445a2-1b37-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d80445a2-1b37-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlBritain's biggest defence contractor will have to publish and implement a global code of ethical business conduct, as well as appoint a senior executive to oversee the programme, a report by senior retired judge Lord Woolf recommendsTue, 6 May 2008 12:04 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59057770-1ad9-11dd-aa67-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/59057770-1ad9-11dd-aa67-0000779fd2ac.htmlDefence contractor at the centre of one of Britain's longest-running arms sales sagas will have to undergo an independent audit each year on ethical standardsMon, 5 May 2008 23:01 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/746d16a0-1a3c-11dd-ba02-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/746d16a0-1a3c-11dd-ba02-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe UK's largest defence contractor is expected to confirm its bullish outlook for the coming year at its annual meeting amid a probe into the company's business practicesMon, 5 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e485094a-19fe-11dd-ba02-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e485094a-19fe-11dd-ba02-0000779fd2ac.htmlEADS and Northrop Grumman, the duo that pipped Boeing to a $35bn US Air Force refuelling tanker contract in February, have criticised the political backlash against the deal as antiquated and 'extraordinarily unhealthy'Sun, 4 May 2008 22:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c7cdbd6-19fc-11dd-ba02-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c7cdbd6-19fc-11dd-ba02-0000779fd2ac.htmlUS domestic politics should not be allowed to interfere with the Pentagon's defence procurement programme, says Ralph Crosby, the US head of EADS, the Franco-German aerospace and defence groupSun, 4 May 2008 22:07 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da7369a2-17cd-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da7369a2-17cd-11dd-b98a-0000779fd2ac.htmlSecret technology on the $300bn Joint Strike Fighter programme might have been compromised by "unauthorised access" at BAE Systems, the UK defence company, according to an internal Pentagon reportThu, 1 May 2008 23:37 BST