But in Toulouse last week Tom Williams, Airbus's head of manufacturing, dropped a hint that the firm's other factory in Britain (at Filton, near Bristol) could lose to French or German plants when Airbus starts making wing panels from composite materialsratherthan aluminium.
The document also encourages the use of locally-sourced building materials, ratherthan bringing it in from elsewhere, when repairs are made to historic sites.
Silicon photonics made with inexpensive silicon ratherthan expensive and exotic optical materials provides a distinct cost advantage over older optical technologies in addition to providing greater speed, reliability and scalability benefits.