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...Mitsubishi Heavy, the contractor for the H3, says the rocket is intended to match the Falcon 9 at least in terms of cost, if not in frequency of use. and the company envisages six launches a year....
...It faces tough competition from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which developed the Falcon, the world’s first re-usable rocket, that can now be launched for about $62m....
...“Everybody said these super-mezzanine contractors would have a stranglehold over aircraft design and production,” he adds....
...We can only imagine what Major Edwin would have thought of Edward Snowden — a Booz Allen-employed contractor when he blew the whistle on the National Security Agency in 2013....
...The company, part of General Dynamics, a military contractor, already has the largest end of the market to itself with its G650 jet and the G650ER, an extended-range version that can fly 7,500nm without...
...Since Dassault’s Falcon 8x, its longest-range aircraft, has a range of only 6,450 nautical miles, Gulfstream has had the top end of the market to itself....
...The mechanical simplicity of some parts of new engines and their greater fuel efficiency provide simultaneously better and cheaper performance....
...McKenney, the mechanical contractor firm, developed Business Intelligence for Buildings by tracking trends and performance over extended periods....
...The rise was led by John Crane, which makes mechanical seals for use in pumps and compressors, where operating profits rose 15 per cent....
...It regularly wins awards for its mechanical and electrical engineering skills and its NG Bailey Engineering Academy in Leeds can train up to 500 apprentices....
...BAE Systems lost 0.7 per cent to 245¼p even though Credit Suisse First Boston raised its price target from 240p to 275p, arguing the trading outlook and risk profile for the defence contractor “continues...
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