All this helps explain why shares of Netherlands-based EADS, maker of Airbus planes, continue to outperform.
EADS, Airbus's parent company, which depends on civil business for 80% of its sales.
France, Germany and Spain are all shareholders in EADS and hold significant sway in it.
The winners: Airbus subsidiary European Aeronautic Space and Defense Co. (EADS) and Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman.
"We made significant headway in reshaping the company, " Louis Gallois, chief executive of EADS, said.
At least, they will be if GE and EADS are successful in their research.
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That came as a complete surprise to EADS and its German boss, Tom Enders.
Compared to last Thursday, Boeing is down 3.5 percent, whereas EADS is up 5.8 percent.
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By that time, however, the regime had decided to buy from EADS and Sukhoi of Russia.
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EADS, presumably in an effort to protect as many of Airbus's 29, 000 German workers as possible.
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Meanwhile shares of EADS, the company that makes Airbus planes, are modestly higher.
EADS, a defence firm, who knew Mr de Villepin from a previous stint as a diplomat.
In 2012 the group's order intake showed "continuing commercial momentum across the EADS portfolio", the firm said.
The Kremlin then secretly bought up more than five percent of EADS through the Russian state-controlled Vneshtorgbank.
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The letter states that EADS, the European aerospace group, has suffered from political interference in the past.
Senator Murray denounced the EADS propaganda campaign to make the company look less French and more American.
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By contrast, the EADS alternative known as the KC-30 is more the proverbial bird in the bush.
Meanwhile shares of EADS, the Netherlands-based company that makes Airbus planes, continued their recent outperformance.
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First, the boss of EADS, whose corporate dreams have been squished by Angela Merkel and co, is a German ex-paratrooper.
The economic downturn and terrorism fears have buffeted both EADS and Boeing, which suffered from declining plane sales.
Cirrus is considering a single-engine jet aircraft to compete with single turboprops from New Piper and EADS Socata.
Airbus parent EADS is moving toward the nomination of former French aerospace executive Ranque as its new chairman.
In 2006 the Pentagon restarted the process, and in February 2008 the Northrop-EADS bid was named the winner.
Airbus makes civilian craft for the aerospace and defence consortium EADS, which is owned by France, Germany and Spain.
"The market is there, " said Robert Laine, chief technical officer of EADS Astrium.
Cassidian is the defence and security division of EADS (EDF, EPA, MSX: EAD).
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The A400M, built by aerospace firm EADS, has been dogged by uncertainties over technical specifications and pressure on defence budgets.
However, EADS said that it had spent a significant amount of cash to boost its inventories for its new projects.
EADS, formerly known as European Aeronautic Defense and Space, is based in the Netherlands but has its headquarters in France.
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The parent company of Airbus, EADS, has reported a sharp rise in profits for the first three months of the year.
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