Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "BAE Systems PLC" produced 30 items.
| 1. The robot armies at our borders | December 2, 2010 |
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The EU is entering a new, and disturbing, phase in its efforts to police its borders. In a hi-tech upgrade to ‘Fortress Europe', the EU is developing drone planes,... |
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| 2. Hiding corruption behind the curtain in Romania | May 15, 2008 |
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The EU should get tougher in forcing the Romanian government to come clean about corruption. On Europe Day, Traian Ba?sescu, the Romanian president, made a small blunder in... | |
| 3. Corporate governance comes back to haunt EU | March 8, 2007 |
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The business world and EU policymakers tend to wax and wane in their concern about corporate governance. How companies are run and how they manage their relations with... | |
| 4. Lobbying for and against defence | November 17, 2005 |
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The biggest lobby group for the defence industry in Brussels represents more than 800 firms with a combined yearly revenue of €100 billion. The Aerospace and Defence... | |
| 5. A military pygmy or a sleeping giant? | November 17, 2005 |
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In a back-handed compliment about the state of European defence, the then NATO secretary-general George Robertson famously described Europe as a "flabby giant", rather than... | |
| 6. Golden shares still common currency across the Union | July 20, 2005 |
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The existence of 'golden shares', with which governments maintain control of privatised companies, is still widespread in the EU, according to a European Commission survey.... | |
| 7. The reality of civil aircraft subsidies | April 28, 2005 |
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In light of the ongoing negotiations between the US and the EU with a view to ending subsidies for large civil aircraft, Boeing wishes to clarify its position on a number of... | |
| 8. Spoof guide tells it like it is. Almost... | December 9, 2004 |
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Could it be the ideal stocking-filler Christmas present for policy-wonks? A spoof guidebook to Brussels' European quarter appeared this week, guaranteed to irritate public... | |
| 9. The real high-flyer | December 9, 2004 |
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APPEARANCES can be deceptive. This adage is particularly true when applied to the boss of Europe's aviation success story Airbus. Frenchman Noël Forgeard is not at... | |
| 10. Jumbo subsidies are key to Airbus success, says Boeing | September 30, 2004 |
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TRADE officials from the US and EU recently met to discuss subsidies in the commercial airplane market. While the meeting did not result in a breakthrough, it is clear that... | |
| 11. The new weapons market: is it better value for money? | September 9, 2004 |
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EUROPE is getting its act together. And it's about time. The Europeans may well be required to do something that the United Kingdom – not the best of Europeans normally –... | |
| 12. Barnier: US exploiting lack of EU ‘reflex' | January 30, 2003 |
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THE countries set to join the EU next year lack a “European reflex” and the United States has exploited this, according to Michel Barnier, the commissioner responsible... | |
| 13. Solidarity is strength for defence of member states - but NATO will still call the shots | December 12, 2002 |
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Dana Spinant reports on the implications of Commissioner Michel Barnier's proposals for EU defence MEMBER states must protect each other in case of attack but NATO will... | |
| 14. Söderman demands explanation for transatlantic business secrecy | July 25, 2002 |
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THE European Ombudsman has told Enterprise Commissioner Erkki Liikanen that his team of officials was wrong to guard secret details of their dealings with a leading EU-US... | |
| 15. AVIATION - UK breaking arms sales rules, says rights group | July 18, 2002 |
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THE use of British components in warplanes destined for Israel breaches EU rules on arms sales to repressive regimes, a Palestinian human rights group claims. Last week, the... | |
| 16. Firms' chance to kiss and make up over transatlantic dialogue | March 28, 2002 |
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When the world was busy condemning George W. Bush for slapping duties on steel, the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) was unable to offer as much as a quote. Not much... | |
| 17. STAR 21 puts procurement in spotlight | March 21, 2002 |
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GOVERNMENTS must bite the bullet and apply EU public procurement rules to defence if the European aerospace industry is to remain competitive, according to Carlos Westendorp,... | |
| 18. Eurofighter missile deal signals resurgence for arms export industry | March 15, 2001 |
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BACK in the distant mists of 1996, then Industry Commissioner Martin Bangemann issued a wake-up call to the EU's arms-makers. Unless the role of the state was cut back,... | |
| 19. Airbus set for Airbus set for new subsidy dogfight with US | January 18, 2001 |
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IRBUS Industrie executives should thank their lucky stars that US President-elect George W. Bush's 'eeny-meeny-miney-mo' method for picking cabinet members landed them with... | |
| 20. Single EU-US air market could take off | August 3, 2000 |
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THE planned merger between British Airways and KLM has the potential to kick-start stalled Union plans for a single EU-US air transport market that would free airlines from a... | |
